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VIDEO: 'I started painting the wall with my blood': Tortured in Chechnya for being gay
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  • October 9, 2019

'I started painting the wall with my blood': Reportedly tortured in Chechnya for being gay

Amin Dzhabrailov, who spoke to "Nightline" as part of a special edition, is one of at least 200 gay men in Chechnya who human rights groups say have been captured, tortured and killed since 2017.

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