John Ibbitson

The Globe and Mail

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Writer-at-Large at The Globe and Mail.

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For the past three months, human rights organizers worked with the Canadian government to secretly evacuate gay people in Chechnya.

Via 'Rainbow Railroad,' Canadian government smuggles out gay Chechens

For the past three months, human rights organizers worked with the Canadian government to secretly evacuate gay people in Chechnya.

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