This summer, the beating of a transgender woman was also caught on tape and widely spread throughout the Internet. The assailants, also alleged Uzbeks, committed these acts as a means of encouraging 'repentance' and his coming to reason. The video is said to depict this poor man weeping and shuddering as he is forced to sit on a glass bottle which is then further forced through the use of a baseball bat. Clever foreign policy strategy, however, doesn't cloak the hideous domestic policy and social regression that is making LGBT citizens live in secrecy and in fear.Īccording to Radio Free Liberty Europe, a video recording of a young Uzbek man being raped by Russian vigilantes is circulating the popular mobile chat service WhatsApp. As Syria continues to tailspin out of control and the United States inches towards intervention, Russia is looking glossier than ever on the international stage with their effort to ameliorate tensions through diplomatic negotiations.
