All Posts Tagged With: "Valery Borshchev"

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Razvozzhayev Torture Allegations Brought to UN

Russia human rights advocates have handed over information about the alleged physical and psychological torture of opposition activist Leonid Razvozzhayev to the United Nations Committee Against Torture.

Nov 11, 2012 | Continued
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Open Letter to the Russian President on Prison Torture

A group of prominent Russian human rights advocates have penned a letter to Dmitri Medvedev, asking him to take immediate action to put an end to the widespread use of torture in Russia’s detention facilities.

Feb 23, 2011 | Continued
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Russian Gov’t ‘Not Interested’ in Addressing Torture

A group of experts say that the use of torture is so widespread throughout Russia’s penitentiary and and law enforcement agencies that it has become a norm that the government is not interested in addressing.

Jun 23, 2010 | Continued
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Investigator Charged in Trifonova’s Death

The lead investigator allegedly at fault for the death of a chronically ill businesswoman in a Moscow detention facility is being charged with criminal negligence, but the victim’s lawyer insists that the negligence was intentional.

May 5, 2010 | Continued