Sevgiya Ismailova. Photo: vk.com. https://vk.com/drnkwizme?z=photo401886920_456256808%2Fphotos401886920

20 January 2020, 11:20

"Russian LGBT Network" takes Sevgiya Ismailova under its wing

Sevgiya Ismailova, who managed to escape from her relatives in Azerbaijan and return to Russia, is safe, reports the head of the "Russian LGBT Network".

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Sevgiya Ismailova, an 18-year-old Russian citizen, who escaped from her family members after they bullied her, arrived from Baku to Moscow to go home to Krasnoyarsk then.

On January 15, Polina Vavilina, Sevgiya Ismailova's friend, informed the "Russian LGBT Network" that Sevgiya Ismailova was being forcibly held by her relatives in an NGO shelter in Azerbaijan.

Igor Kochetkov, the head of the "Russian LGBT Network", reported that Sevgiya Ismailova stopped communicating with her relatives.

Let us remind you that on January 14, Facebook user Khalida Gadir reported that on January 4, Sevgiya Ismailova, a student from Krasnoyarsk, left for Azerbaijan, being persuaded by her mother to visit her and after that the relatives seized the passport from Sevgiya Ismailova. She was subjected to beatings because of her intention to return to Russia.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on January 19, 2020 at 04:59 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Magomed Tuaev Source: CK correspondent

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