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On the recordMay 24, 2017
This type of language and the concerted campaign against the gay men of Chechnya is an atrocity that must be condemned in the strongest terms by the international community.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline condemns Chechen authorities' violent rhetoric against gay men.

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