Journalist Who Reported on Muslim Torture of Gays Fears Retribution

The journalist who went public with a story about how Chechyna’s Muslims are purging the nation of gays by hook or by persecution crook has now gone into hiding, fearing retribution and for her own life.

This is not a casual fear.

Jihadists have officially named her as a target. And a Muslim cleric has called for retribution against her.

From the Gay UK:

“The Russian journalist who is responsible for breaking the news that Chechen officials had rounded up, tortured and detained men suspected of being gay, has said that she is in hiding and fearing for her life after a ‘jihad was declared against her.’

“Speaking on the Victoria Derbyshire show, Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina said that a jihad had been declared on her and the staff at her outlet after 15,000 people met in the biggest mosque in Chechnya and denounced the paper and journalists who published the original story.

“‘They reacted [to the story] in a terrifying manner… on April 3, in the biggest mosque in Grozny, 15,000 religious and various types of people came together and announced a Jihad on us… not just me personally, but all journalists at Novaya Gazeta.

‘They said the people at the newspaper who raised this question have damaged the honour of Chechen nation and should be prosecuted.’”

A Chechnya government official called her claims “lies and disinformation,” and said gay people didn’t “exist in the republic.”