Torture

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Punishment for torture legislatively toughened in Russia

A bill on tough sentence of up to 15 years in prison for torture became law after it was signed by President of Russia Vladimir Putin on Thursday.

17:03 14.07.2022

State Duma adopts bill toughening punishment for torture

The lower house of Russian parliament passed a bill on tough sentence of up to 15 years in prison for tortures in a final third reading on Wednesday.

13:05 22.06.2022

Eleven penitentiary employees ordered to jail for prisoner torture in Yaroslavl Region

A court in Yaroslavl has sentenced eleven former officers of a regional penal colony to prison terms ranging from 3 years to 4 years and 3 months for torturing an inmate.

15:12 19.11.2020

Russian penitentiary authorities ordered to pay prison torture victim's parents $26,000

A court in Grozny, the capital of Russia’s Chechen Republic, ordered the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) to pay 2 million rubles ($26,000) in compensation to the parents of Sultan Israilov, who had died from tortures in a penal colony where he had been serving sentence.

15:20 10.11.2020

Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $400 to victim of police tortures

A court in Russia’s Nizhny Tagil obliged the Interior Ministry to pay 30,000 rubles ($400) in compensation to Maxim Chervotkin, who had suffered from tortures at a police station.

16:58 02.10.2020

Siberian police officers suspected of abuse of power

A criminal case has been opened against polic officers from Novosibirsk, a city in Russia’s West Siberia, on suspicion of abuse of power.

17:34 22.09.2020

Ex-policemen get up to 11-year jail terms in case over torture of detainees

Former police officers of the Nizhnekamsk regional Interior Ministry directorate in Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan have been sentenced to prison terms up to 11 years on charges of torturing detainees.

13:23 18.05.2020

Rights advocate urges to engage NGOs in civil oversight of penitentiary establishments

Chair of the standing commission on civic participation in oversight of law enforcement bodies of Russia’s Presidential Human Rights Council, Chair of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture Igor Kalyapin finds it necessary to engage not-for-profit organizations in the work of torture prevention mechanisms alongside the institution of Ombudsman.

13:19 17.04.2020

Ex-chief of Russian penal colony detained in torture case

A court in Russia’s Republic of Karelia has ordered the former chief of a local penal colony Ivan Savelyev to be put in detention in a torture case.

10:59 13.04.2020

Moskalkova turns to UN over violation of rights of Russian Vinnik detained in France

Russia’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova has sent the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer a request to protect the rights of Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik detained in France.

13:00 23.03.2020

Prosecution seeks up to 14 years in jail for Tatarstan policemen in torture case

Prosecutors have demanded high security prison terms ranging from 10 to 14 years for ex-police officers of the Niznekamsk District of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan involved in a case over torture of detainees.

16:16 18.03.2020

Russia’s Interior Ministry to pay $20,000 to mother of police torture victim

The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia on Thursday ordered the Interior Ministry to pay Lemka Doliyeva, whose son had died after being beaten by police officers, 1.5 million rubles (about $20,000) in compensation.

17:52 12.03.2020

Case over police torture of 9 years ago opened in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod

A criminal case has been opened in Nizhny Novgorod over alleged putting a man to tortures in the regional anti-extremism police office in 2010, Igor Kalyapin, a member of the Presidential Council for Human Rights and chair of the Committee Against Torture NGO, has told RAPSI.

16:40 27.11.2019

Five Russian policemen sentenced for teen’s death during questioning

The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Buryatia ordered five police officers for terms ranging from 3 to 8 years as part of a case over tortures and death of a 17-year-old teenager.

17:18 14.11.2019

Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $23.5k to mother of police torture victim

A court in Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia collected 1.5 million rubles ($23,500) from the Interior Ministry in favor of Lemka Doliyeva, whose son had died after being beaten by police officers.

18:00 21.10.2019

About 300 complaints of tortures in penitentiary facilities filed with Moskalkova in 2019

Russia’s federal human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova has received 291 complaints related to the use of force and special tools in penitentiary facilities since the beginning of 2019.

10:56 08.10.2019

Three ex-police officers get prison terms for tortures

A court in Russia’s city of Nizhny Tagil has sentenced three former police officers to prison terms ranging from 4.5 to 5 years in prison for abuse of power with the use of violence.

15:18 18.09.2019

Prosecutor demands imprisonment for policemen accused of torturing arrested man

A prosecutor has demanded prison terms ranging from 6 to 7 years for three police officers charged with abuse of office by using force against an arrested individual.

16:54 09.09.2019

Parents of prison torture victim demand $225k compensation from Finance Ministry

Parents of Sultan Israilov, who had died from tortures in a penal colony where he had been serving sentence, filed a lawsuit seeking to collect 15 million rubles (nearly $225,000) in compensation for moral injury from the Russian Finance Ministry.

10:34 03.09.2019

Russian human rights advocates check reports on torture of Jehovah’s Witnesses

Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights Mikhail Fedotov has met in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area with the Jehovah's Witnesses adepts, who had earlier complained of tortures.

11:47 15.08.2019