She broke the story of Chechnya’s anti-gay purge. Now, she says she has to flee Russia. – The Washington Post

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She broke the story of Chechnya’s anti-gay purge. Now, she says she has to flee Russia.

Elena Milashina says threats have been made against her newspaper’s entire staff.

via Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/04/15/she-broke-the-story-of-chechnyas-anti-gay-purge-now-she-says-she-has-to-flee-russia/?utm_term=.39593cf5326a&tid=sm_tw

Fifteen-thousand people got together in the main mosque of Chechnya and announced a jihad against the staff of Novaya Gazeta.

Not just me, but all the people working at the newspaper are now in danger, because this was a clear jihad message. We will persecute you for tarnishing the honor of the Chechen nation, this nasty thing that you said. There are gays among Chechen people? We will persecute you until the last person at Novaya Gazeta dies. It’s unbelievable. It reminds us of the situation with Charlie Hebdo.