Russian cops detained a gay Chechen refugee upon his arrival in Moscow, activists stated early Thursday, raising worries that he might be put behind bars and tortured by security officers in his home region.Idris Arsamikov, 28, is believed to have actually been taken to the conservative, majority-Muslim region hours after landing at Moscows Domodedovo Airport to attend his fathers funeral service, according to the North Caucasus LGBTQ+ support group SK SOS.Video recorded by Arsamikovs lawyer and published on SK SOS Telegram social networks channel reveals a plainclothes officer with a hood over his head taking Arsamikov in an unidentified direction.The noticeably shaken Arsamikov remains quiet as the attorney advises him to withstand detention.

The agent who concerned pick up Idris at Domodedovo did not present files to local police and refused to inform his attorney about the detainees status, SK SOS composed.

We believe Arsamikov is now being required to Chechnya, where he faces mortal risk, the group added.The activist group said earlier it believes that Chechen authorities might have prepared charges of large-scale fraud versus Arsamikov.

It kept in mind that similar cases are regularly opened versus Chechen activists who are viewed as disloyal to regional authorities.SK SOS said it helped Arsamikov run away Chechnya in 2018 and settle in the Netherlands after Chechen security forces electrocuted him in a basement for having a same-sex relationship.Chechnyas strongman leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who is under numerous U.S.

sanctions for alleged human rights abuses, has for years kept that no gays live in his region.At the very same time, credible reports have documented cases of what happened referred to as a gay purge in Chechnya.

Chechen authorities have actually dismissed the reports, while Russian authorities have echoed Kadyrovs assertion that there are no gay individuals in Chechnya.