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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Via 'Rainbow Railroad,' Canadian government smuggles out gay Chechens

For the past three months, human rights organizers worked with the Canadian government to secretly evacuate gay people in Chechnya. They were imprisoned and tortured because of their sexual orientation. Twenty-two of them have made it through Russia to Canada, via an underground railroad. More are expected to be freed in the coming weeks.

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By Madeleine Brand • Sep 5, 2017 • 1 min read

For the past three months, human rights organizers worked with the Canadian government to secretly evacuate gay people in Chechnya. They were imprisoned and tortured because of their sexual orientation. Twenty-two of them have made it through Russia to Canada, via an underground railroad. More are expected to be freed in the coming weeks.

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