News
14 July 2023
«I saw a puddle of blood in front of me.» A resident of St. Petersburg claims that the police whacked his head during the arrest of punk band fans
10 July 2023
The court in Orenburg awarded half a million rubles in compensation for electric shock torture
07 July 2023
A court in Chechnya sentenced taxi driver Said Omarov to eight years and two months of imprisonment for the murder of Aleksey Kardashov. Initially, the Investigative Committee suspected that the abduction of Mr. Kardashov was effectuated by the local security forces
04 July 2023
A court in Chechnya sentenced Zarema Musayeva to five and half years of imprisonment. The announcement of the sentence lasted seven minutes, and Mrs. Musayeva’s attorney was severely beaten this morning
23 June 2023
«I will beat you like one smashes a total bitch, so you’d tell us everything.» A resident of Anapa was diagnosed with a concussion after visiting the local police station
19 June 2023
A resident of Nizhny Novgorod complained that a policeman had broken his arm. A few days later, the victim became a defendant in the criminal case of insulting that officer
07 June 2023
In Orenburg, the Ministry of Internal Affairs apologized for the unlawful arrest of a participant in a 2021 rally in support of Mr. Navalny
05 June 2023
In Chechnya, two former National Guard officers received a two-year suspended sentence in abduction case
31 May 2023
In Russia, the chances of getting a court’s acquittal are 0.15%. There are only three exceptions: cases against state agents, trials by jury and cases of private prosecution
29 May 2023
In April, two detainees were found dead in the Orenburg pre-trial detention center. The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case into these deaths
25 May 2023
The Nizhny Novgorod Regional Court upheld the conviction of the policemen who beat the suspect and planted mephedrone on him
17 May 2023
«While I was lying on the floor, the medics randomly kicked my legs, ribs and head». Two homeless persons from St. Petersburg complained about beatings in the city hospitals
10 May 2023
«A tacit endorsement of the informal hierarchy.» The ECHR for the first time delivered a judgment on the abuse towards the “outcasts” in Russian prisons
05 May 2023
«Inventing along the way.» Here’s how came the expert’s questioning in the case of Zarema Musayeva
02 May 2023
«I ran the fingers along my left cheek, collected some blood and saw my teeth in my hand.» During her stay at the police department, the resident of Moscow got a smashed face and two teeth knocked out
28 April 2023
In Nizhny Novgorod, the officers of the Centre for Combating Extremism searched the domiciles of the CAT’s lawyers
21 April 2023
The ECHR awarded 76 500 euros to twenty participants of a Moscow rally for fair elections, including our applicant Mikhail Fayto
21 April 2023
The Supreme Court of the Chechen Republic took sides with human rights defenders in the case of torture of Timur Debishev
19 April 2023
«You ought to trust us.» A resident of Sochi claims that he was beaten by the policemen while asking to show their identification
14 April 2023
A resident of Moscow ended up in the hospital with a fractured rib after a police raid at the exhibition of artist Sasha Skochilenko