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Chechen security forces ‘threaten to kill’ families of Telegram channel admins

Chechen security forces have reportedly visited and threatened to murder the relatives of individuals associated with the NIYSO Telegram channel, shortly after Kadyrov announced a crackdown on critics of the government.  A representative of the team behind the channel told RFE/RL that the security forces had come to the homes of their relatives, and threatened to kill their fathers, brothers, and male cousins.  NIYSO is an anti-government Telegram channel covering events in Chechnya which fr