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Foreign Affairs Minister releases statement on the ongoing Human rights violations in Chechnya 

Foreign Affairs Minister releases statement on the ongoing Human rights violations in Chechnya 

The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has expressed concern about the continual human rights violations and abuses in Chechnya, particularly against LGBTQ2 individuals. He issued the following statement today: “Two years ago, Canada, alongside 15 other members of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), invoked the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism to...