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Andrew E. Kramer | The New York Times
- Apr 21, 2017
They Starve You. They Shock You’: Inside the Anti-Gay Pogrom in Chechnya
Ilya and Nohcho, gay men from Chechnya, sought refuge at a house outside the Caucasus region in southern Russia. Both were arrested in a...
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The New York Times
- Apr 20, 2017
Russia Bans Jehovah’s Witnesses, Calling It an Extremist Group
MOSCOW — Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday declared Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian denomination that rejects violence, an extremist...
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Cara Buckley | The New York Times
- Apr 20, 2017
Battle Over 2 Films Reflects Turkey’s Quest to Control a Bitter History
If history was any guide, the director Terry George figured there’d be weirdness around his new film, “The Promise,” about the Armenian...
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Mark Hensch | The Hill
- Apr 17, 2017
Haley: Anti-gay abuses in Chechnya ‘cannot be ignored’
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley says America will not ignore reports that authorities in the Russian republic of...
Charles D. Dunst | The Huffington Post
- Apr 14, 2017
The Forgotten Gay Holocaust
As a New York Jew, the Holocaust was introduced into my life at quite an early stage. Although a full conceptual understanding would take...
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Siranush Ghazanchyan | Public Radio of Armenia
- Apr 12, 2017
The Promise, the first wide-release feature film about Armenian Genocide, opens around the world
For the first time, a big budget, wide-release feature film-complete with a-list, Hollywood celebrities and a renowned, Academy...