Russia must investigate reports by human rights groups that dozens of men are being held and tortured in Chechnya because they are believed to be gay, the rights arm of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said on Friday. The allegations that up to 100 men are being detained prompted a protest outside the Russian embassy in London on Wednesday. Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has reported that at least three of those men have been killed in secret prisons described as "concentration camps." ODIHR deals with election monitoring and human rights in those states. Ramzan Kadyrov, president of the southern Russian region of Chechnya, denies that the alleged abuses have taken place.

Source: CBC News April 13, 2017 18:45 UTC