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Brothers who fled Chechnya arrested, returned to homeland

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The State Department has expressed concern over the fate of two brothers from Chechnya who were arrested in Russia and returned to their homeland from which they fled. “We are troubled by reports of two Chechen siblings in the LGBTQI+ community who were detained in Russia and returned to Chechnya on dubious ‘terrorism’ charges,” tweeted spokesperson Ned Price, who is openly gay, on Tuesday. “They reported torture during a previous detention, and we worry they may face additional abuse.” The Russian LGBT Network says police in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod on Feb.

4 arrested Salekh Magamadov, 20, and Ismail Isteyev, 17. ABC News reports local police transferred the brothers to the custody of Chechen authorities who brought them to

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