Charges brought against defendants in notorious prison torture caseThe Investigative Committee of Russia has brought charges against 12 employees of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One as part of the criminal case over notorious beating and torture of an inmate.15:30 02.08.2018
Yaroslavl court detains ninth defendant in notorious prison torture caseThe Zavolshzky District Court of Yaroslavl has detained junior supervision inspector Aleksey Andreyev as part of a criminal case over notorious beating and torture of an inmate.13:59 02.08.2018
Seventh defendant in Yaroslavl prison torture case put under house arrestThe Zavolzhsky District Court of the city of Yaroslavl has put under house arrest deputy head of the correctional department of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One, Ivan Kalashnikov, seventh defendant in the criminal case over beating and torture of an inmate.17:11 27.07.2018
Seven members of Ingushetia’s law enforcement officers found guilty in torture caseThe Nalchik Garrison Military Court has sentenced seven employees of the Center for Counteracting Extremism (“Center E”) of the Interior Ministry’s Directorate for the Republic of Ingushetia as well as regional Federal Security Service (FSB) directorate, to prison terms for a range of crimes.15:59 27.07.2018
Russian court detains sixth defendants in prison torture caseThe Zavolzhsky District Court of the city of Yaroslavl detained Dmitry Solovyov, a junior inspector of the Yaroslavl Penal Colony One, suspected of involvement in torture of an inmate, over which a criminal case had been opened.12:59 26.07.2018
Russian ombudsman calls for inspection of penal colonies after recent torture scandalRussian Human Rights ombudsman Tatiana Moskalkova has called for a complex inspection of national penal colonies following the public outrage sparked by a video showing torture of an inmate.10:59 25.07.2018
Two Russian police officers acquitted in torture caseA court in St. Petersburg has acquitted police officers Vasily Kulkov and Dmitry Fenyutin, who had been earlier charged with tortures of an arrested person.10:59 14.02.2018
Kalmykia’s Supreme Court upholds sentence for prison guards in torture caseThe Supreme Court of the Republic of Kalmykia has upheld a lower court’s ruling finding several employees of a penal colony guilty of beating prisoners.12:59 27.10.2017
Russian citizen files complaint with ECHR against soft sentence for police officerA resident of the Republic of Tatarstan lodged an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) complaining that a police officer, who had used force against him, received too lenient sentence.13:59 26.10.2017
ECHR awards €50,000 to Russian citizen tortured by police in age of 16The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) awarded €50,000 in compensation to Russian national Nikolay Devyatkin, born in 1986.13:45 24.10.2017
Russia violated rights of imprisoned Dagestan ex-mayor Amirov - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that the rights of former mayor of Dagestan's capital Makhachkala, Said Amirov, who had received life sentence for terrorism, had been violated.17:29 17.10.2017
ECHR ruling on complaint of Chechen militant sentenced to life takes effectThe ruling of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in favor of Chechen militant Arsan Mukayev sentenced to life in prison for murdering members of the Russian armed forces and law enforcement officers became effective.18:08 19.09.2017
Four policemen in Tatarstan charged with tortureFour ex-policemen were charged in the case over death of a deputy head of Kazan’s railroad transportation college Pavel Drozdov inflicted by tortures.15:00 09.08.2017
Russian Interior Ministry ordered to pay $1,200 to man tortured by policeThe Supreme Court of Tatarstan has ordered Russia’s Interior Ministry to pay 70,000 rubles ($1,200) to a man tortured in a police office.18:06 05.06.2017
Three Russian nationals to be paid €18,000 for confinement in courtroom cages - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Russia to pay €18,000 in damages to three Russian nationals who complained about their confinement in metal cages in courtrooms during criminal proceedings against them.12:57 31.01.2017
Russian ex-convict to get $3,000 compensation for tortures in prisonThe Kalininsky District Court of Novosibirsk has ordered the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service’s Directorate General to pay 200,000 rubles ($3,000) in compensation to a released convict who was cruelly beaten by prison officers in 2014.17:04 03.11.2016
Nemtsov murder case defendant Eskerkhanov turns to ECHRTemerlan Eskerkhanov who stands charged with murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov has applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).15:30 17.06.2016
Police torture victim granted $857 in TatarstanThe Supreme Court of Tatarstan ordered the Interior Ministry to pay a victim in a Dalny police station torture case 60,000 rubles ($857) in compensation.17:00 10.12.2015
Police torture victim granted $2,100 in TatarstanThe Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan has ordered the Interior Ministry to pay a victim in a Dalny police station torture case 150,000 rubles ($2,100) in compensation.13:48 24.08.2015
Russian Human Rights Council requests probe into alleged torture of Nemtsov murder suspectsAndrei Babushkin, a representative of the Presidential Council for Human Rights who visited the suspects in the Boris Nemtsov murder case, Zaur Dadayev, Shagid Gubashev and Anzor Gubashev, at a detention facility, has suggested an inquiry into whether they had been tortured.11:43 11.03.2015