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# UK places sanctions on Chechnya leaders
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/uk-places-sanctions-on-chechnya-leaders/
- Published: 2020-12-19T08:08:12.000Z
- Updated: 2020-12-18T15:36:44.000Z
- Description: The UK government has placed strict sanctions on three top officials from Chechnya, Russia, who were charged with torturing LGBTQ+ people.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: News, Politics, Chechnya, Dominic Raab, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ rights, Russia, UK

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The **UK** government has placed strict [sanctions](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-uk-sanctions-list?ref=scenemag.co.uk) on three top officials from **Chechnya, Russia**, who were charged with torturing LGBTQ+ people in the region’s infamous crackdown on the queer community. **Magomed Daudov**, spokesperson of the Chechen parliament, **Aiub Kataev**, head of the ministry of internal affairs, and **Apti Alaudinov**, deputy minister and major general of the police, will all be subjected to travel bans under the new sanctions, as well as asset freezes.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/trans-us-rights.jpg)

A total of eleven politicians and officials, situated in **Russia**, **Venezuela**, **Gambia** and **Pakistan**, were penalised by UK authorities on **International Human Rights Day** (December 10) for “gross human rights violations”. Foreign secretary, **Dominic Raab**, [said](https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-announces-travel-bans-and-asset-freezes-for-human-rights-violators?ref=scenemag.co.uk): *“Today’s sanctions send a clear message to human rights violators that the UK will hold them to account. The UK and our allies are shining a light on the severe and systematic human rights violations perpetrated by those sanctioned today. Global Britain will stand up for democracy, human rights and the rule of law as a force for good in the world.”*

The penalties were created in coordination with the **US**, which also announced similar measures earlier this month, meaning a joint total of 31 political actors were sanctioned for their involvement in the abuse of human rights. The Chechen leader, **Ramzan Kadyrov**, was already placed under US sanctions earlier this year. Kadyrov has continued to deny that an ‘LGBTQ+ purge’ is happening in the region, despite refugee reports from queer people who have been imprisoned and tortured in Chechen concentration camps.

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