Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and raped in Turkmenistan for the “crime” of being gay.

To call the 2023 passing of award-winning lesbian poet, writer and educator Maureen Seaton an immeasurable loss is no ...

Two men who escaped one of the world’s most secretive and repressive states have told AFP how they were tortured, beaten and ...