Russian Government reports application of amnesty law to perpetrator arrested in connection with torture in the Oktyabrskiy ROVD in 2000

Alaudin Sadykov was held and tortured in the Temporary Office of the Interior (ROVD) of the Oktyabrskiy District for approximately three months in the year 2000. During his detention, the ROVD officers forced him to chew and swallow his own hair, severely burned the palm of his right ...
Modified: 15/05/2012
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European Court of Human Rights Finds Russia Responsible for the Torture and Disappearance of Chechen Man

The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia responsible for the disappearance and torture of a Chechen man detained at his home by Russian federal troops in 2000, Russian Justice Initiative reported today. The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia responsible for the disappearance and torture of a Chechen man detained ...
Modified: 15/07/2010
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European Court Condemns Russia for Torture and Enforced Disappearances in Chechnya

The European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter ECtHR) today unanimously condemned Russia for the torture of two men and the enforced disappearance of another six men in different locations in Chechnya between September 2001 and November 2002, Russian Justice Initiative said today. The European Court of Human Rights (hereinafter ECtHR ) today unanimously ...
Modified: 05/02/2009
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European Court of Human Rights Condemns Russia for Non-investigation of Torture

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today condemned Russia for non-investigation of torture allegations in Chechnya. The Court did not, however, find that it had enough evidence to rule that the applicant had been tortured. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today condemned Russia for non-investigation of torture allegations ...
Modified: 08/11/2007
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European Court of Human Rights to Rule in Chechen Torture Case

On 8 November 2007, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will hand down judgement in the second case concerning torture in Chechnya. The applicant in the case was subjected to torture in several detention centers, including in the infamous Chernokozovo detention center. Second Torture Case from Chechnya On 8 November 2007, the European Court of Human Rights ...
Modified: 05/11/2007
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Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Rasul Kudayev sentenced to life in prison in Russia

... to a special investigating group of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. There were extensive reports of ill-treatment of at least 40 of the detainees during the pre-investigation into the 2005 raid, and many were systematically tortured. At least half of the detainees, including Mr Kudayev, have filed applications to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). The gravity of Mr Kudayev’s physical condition following his arrest has been confirmed by extensive forensic medical ...
Modified: 24/12/2014
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European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia for enforced disappearances in Chechnya

European Court of Human Rights condemns Russia for enforced disappearances in Chechnya The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for the enforced disappearance of two men in Chechnya in July 2001, Russian Justice Initiative said today. On 2 July 2001 Russian servicemen conducted a large scale special operation in Sernovodsk, Chechnya, detaining dozens of men, including Apti Isigov and Zelimkhan Umkhanov. The official investigation identifed the commander of the detachment...
Modified: 26/06/2008
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