Dozens protested the alleged detention and murder of gay and bisexual men in Chechnya in Toronto's Church-Wellesley village on Saturday. Let's give them something to talk about #Chechen100 https://t.co/a528e5Lyhv pic.twitter.com/W61JJJZo9b — @scheenaardigansSingh Jennings said the protest was meant to show solidarity and highlight the "systemic detention, torture and also murder of gay and bisexual men." "Human rights have no borders. Canada believes human rights are universal and indivisible, and these include the human rights of LGBTQ2 people," Freeland's statement read. As CBC previously reported, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the Kremlin does not have confirmed information on violence targeting the gay community.

Source: CBC News April 22, 2017 22:18 UTC