Hollywood stars under fire for attending Chechen president's birthday

Hollywood actress Hilary Swank has apologised for attending the birthday party of Ramzan Kadyrov, the president of Chechnya.

Swank and other celebrities, including action star Jean Claude van Damme, violinist Vanessa Mae and the British singer Seal, attended the event for the president who has been accused of human rights abuses.
"I deeply regret attending this event," said Swank. "If I had a full understanding of what this event was apparently intended to be, I would never have gone."
Al Jazeera's Neave Barker reports from Moscow.

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• Neave Barker

[TheAsfaloth]

I didn't hear this sort of outcry when celebs and singers/actors attended Obama's birthday or Bush's , double standards are so nice.

[Yaheuben66]

Would you rather have $500,000 or a half-million dollars?

Der.....

[FishHunt95]

I hate that pig. i am chechnyan myself and i am proud of it!! But i am clearly ashamed that we have such a pig as our president. Not like his father AT ALL. And i am probably going to be shot for saying this by "Kadirovs people"

[ColKorn1965]

I saw this on TV when I was in Moscow, I did not know WTF was happening until I returned to the States.

[rapid37]

Kadyrov is Putin's puppet.

[buru44]

Gadyrov sucks! Look at his shamelessness.

[Rusanovka]

At least, Hillary Swank has dignity to admit, that she was fucked up. Respect for that.

What about this sucker - One Dumb? Got too many punches in a head?

[Mordadigsjalv]

What a shame

[pankisibado]

fuckdupp world!!! by people like those fuckers. 

[rockcastlemusic]

@Yaheuben66 haha im having a hard time counting the difference..

[Tarclasp]

@ghrichuk.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Still, these celebrities are shills, but hey, I'd knaw my left nut off for a million dollars. How humane is that?

[aburashdan]

@BigStick3456 would you like your fav dishes called southern baptist or christian right-wing fundamentalist ? whatever you call your duck or dress then either in a turban or a thong, it doesn't help. they all taste like mad cow.