News
24 June 2008
Dear Nizhny Novgorod residents and guests of our city!
19 June 2008
A driver from Nizhny Novgorod attacks the traffic police?
17 June 2008
The court awarded 3 million rubles as compensation to Mr. Sergey Sankin from Nizhny Novgorod who became disabled as a result of police abuse 8 years ago
17 June 2008
Three Bashkirian police officers are convicted for battering people in December 2004 in Blagoveschensk
16 June 2008
The application of Mr. Novosyolov from Nizhny Novgorod dealing with police abuse and absence of an effective remedy is admitted by the European court in Strasbourg
11 June 2008
Lawyer of the Committee against Torture Yuriy Sidorov is awarded a medal for his professional activity
10 June 2008
The case of Olga Maslova can be resumed on the national level
06 June 2008
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NIZHNY NOVGOROD REGION A FEDERAL PENAL ENFORCEMENT SERVICE STAFF IS CONVICTED FOR TORTURES
05 June 2008
Mr.Sergey Bogdanov receives 10000 as compensation of moral damages
04 June 2008
The Avtozavodskiy court started hearing the civil suit of young Nizhny Novgorod citizens
30 May 2008
ATTENTION! The Committee against Torture has started investigating into the application of a lady, lawyer from Sarov, who claims she was battered by the Sarov criminal investigation department head
30 May 2008
A police officer from Orsk is found guilty of beating a person to death and sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment.
28 May 2008
The Multiregional Committee against Torture implements the project “Observing children’s rights is the future of our country” in Nizhny Novgorod
27 May 2008
Investigation into the large-scale police operation in Stavropolskiy Kray will be resumed
26 May 2008
On Tuesday the Lyskovo court will appoint the date on which the case of the penal colony worker who battered a detainee will be solved
23 May 2008
ATTENTION: MASS MEDIA! THE MULTIREGIONAL COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE INVITES REPORTERS TO THE COURT HEARING TO WITNESS CONVICTION OF THE LYSKOVO PENAL COLONY WORKER
20 May 2008
Suspended sentence under the case of “mopping-up” in Blagoveschensk
19 May 2008
On May 20 the Blagoveschensk court will deliver a judgment to a police officer who took part in the notorious “mopping-up”
16 May 2008
A Kstovo citizen demands 70 000 rubles for unlawful detention by the police
14 May 2008
The criminal case of “mopping-up” in Blagoveschensk will not go back to the Prosecutor’s office