Two killed and 40 others detained in Chechen 'gay purge'

At least two people have died and about 40 others were detained in what has been described as a crackdown on gay people in the Russian republic of Chechnya, LGBT activists said.

The new allegations come after reports in 2017 of more than 100 gay men being arrested and subjected to torture - with some of them killed - in the predominantly Muslim region.