Donald Trump still hasn’t said a word about the atrocities committed in Chechnya, but Republicans in Congress have finally stepped up to condemn what many are calling an anti-gay purge.

On Tuesday, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) introduced House Resolution 351, which "condemns the violence and persecution in Chechnya and calls on Chechen officials to immediately cease the abduction, detention, and torture of individuals on the basis of their actual or suspected

sexual orientation." The resolution also called on "all those involved in perpetrating such abuses" to be held accountable.

Ros-Lehtinen, who has a trans son, has been an outlier in the GOP for her vocal support of LGBT rights. But the measure was co-sponsored by 52 representatives from both sides of the aisle and was advanced to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, which promptly approved it.

“The Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov is waging a brutal campaign against gay men—including their abduction, detention, and torture," said Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA). "There needs to be a serious investigation and a stop to this medieval violence. Russia cannot tolerate such intolerable brutality and also purport to be worthy of participating on the global stage.”

Despite the call for an investigation, which echoes those by the State Department and U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the U.S. has reportedly refused to issue visas to those fleeing the republic.

According to human rights groups, at least 22 men are known to have been killed, with dozens more detained and tortured in concentration camps converted from army barracks and other facilities.

Investigators approved by Vladimir Putin arrived in Argun, where one such camp was alleged to have been, but the building was buried up to the roof in construction debris. Novaya Gazeta reports detainees were transported to another secret location in the town of Terek, some 40 miles away.

Also this week, a trio of French LGBT rights groups filed suit in the International Criminal Court, accusing the Chechen government of carrying out a “genocide,” and President Ramzan Kadyrov of being "the organizer of torture camps with the desire to exterminate homosexuals.”

Kadyrov has continually denied the allegations, going so far as to claim there are no homosexuals in Chechnya. At the same time, he declared he would rid the region of gays by the start of Ramadan, which began Friday.