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

16:58 02/10/2020 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.

Siberian police officers suspected of abuse of power

17:34 22/09/2020 A criminal case has been opened against polic officers from Novosibirsk, a city in Russia’s West Siberia, on suspicion of abuse of power.

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

13:23 18/05/2020 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.

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

13:19 17/04/2020 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.

Ex-chief of Russian penal colony detained in torture case

10:59 13/04/2020 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.

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

13:00 23/03/2020 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.

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

16:16 18/03/2020 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.

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

17:52 12/03/2020 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.

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

16:40 27/11/2019 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.

Five Russian policemen sentenced for teen’s death during questioning

17:18 14/11/2019 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.

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

18:00 21/10/2019 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.

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

10:56 08/10/2019 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.

Three ex-police officers get prison terms for tortures

15:18 18/09/2019 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.

Prosecutor demands imprisonment for policemen accused of torturing arrested man

16:54 09/09/2019 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.

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

10:34 03/09/2019 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.

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

11:47 15/08/2019 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.

St. Petersburg detention center to be checked after detainees beating reports

18:00 09/08/2019 Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office would check the reports of alleged beating of detainees in the St. Petersburg detention center, known as Kresty-2.

Police torture victims awarded $3,000 compensation by court

13:48 25/07/2019 A court in the Zabaikalsky Krai ordered the Interior Ministry to pay 200,000 rubles ($3,000) to Victoria Barlybayeva and Anatoly Sokolov, who had suffered from tortures by police.

Russian Finance Ministry to pay detention torture victim $5,000

12:13 17/07/2019 A court in Chita, a city in Russia’s Trans-Baikal Territory, has ordered the Finance Ministry to pay 300,000 rubles (about $5,000) to ex-inmate Denis Katrin for tortures in detention.

Ex-penitentiary officer’s sentence in prisoner torture case mitigated

14:57 28/06/2019 The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Khakassia has reduced a 5-year prison sentence of ex-penal colony officer Dmitry Zolotukhin convicted of torturing an inmate by 2 months.

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