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After a clinic tried using electrical shocks to 'cure' him of being gay, Xiao Zhen is suing both the clinic and the search engine that led him there.

Men detained in recent months describe torture, including electric shock and being raped with a stick, as police demanded they turn over names of gays, according to the Human Rights Watch. 

Spain's government is considering compensating gays who may have been tortured, thrown in mental hospitals, or imprisoned during Gen. Francisco Franco's brutal dictatorship.

"The sounds of torture are just there all day," a survivor of detention camps tells Human Rights Watch. 

Subjecting him to such therapy involuntarily infringed on his "right to individual freedom," a court finds. 

Human rights groups found centers taking individuals in against their will and using practices including electroshock therapy.

Survivors of the gay camps in Chechnya tell of a mounting death toll and a terrible choice.

The White House's diplomatic arm sent a strongly-worded statement to officials in Chechnya, the Russian region where LGBT people were recently arrested, tortured, and murdered.

She left Iraqi Kurdistan in hopes of gaining asylum in Turkey, but she had to go through Iran, which has draconian anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

The complex is now deserted but shows evidence of recent use.