Chechnya
64-year-old Chechen woman accuses security forces of torture over anti-war remarks
After her release, she sought asylum in Estonia, but was refused.
Torture
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Ingushetia
Religious leaders in Ingushetia accuse security forces of torturing detained imam
The Muslim community in Ingushetia has issued an open appeal to the authorities to respond to the claims of torture.
North Ossetia–Alania
Probe into police beating of North Ossetian man suspended after officer goes to fight in Ukraine
Moscow Police officer Aleksandr Matyukhin allegedly insulted the man with ethnic slurs before breaking his jaw.
North Ossetia–Alania
North Ossetian Human Rights Сommisioner urges local authorities to reopen torture case
Batraz Gogaev, who accused authorities of torture, was charged with extortion.
Crime
Ingushetia disability care home accused of chaining naked patients to benches
Images have appeared online purportedly showing patients being abused at an Ingush care home for people with intellectual disabilities. Images shared by Russian Telegram channel Baza [WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGERY] showed naked patients shackled to benches and to the wall in an empty tiled room. Also shown in the images were metal bowls from which the patients eat from using their hands. The facility in Psedakh, a village in northwestern Ingushetia, caters to people who are unable to care
Human Rights
Prison riot in Vladikavkaz over alleged torture
A prison riot has taken place at a penal colony in the North Ossetian capital, Vladikavkaz, over the alleged torture of prisoners. The Russian Federal Penitentiary Service stated that the protests on 15 October were suppressed on the same day, with a number of inmates transferred to penitentiary institutions in other regions. Local special police units were brought in to storm the facility. The Investigative Committee of North Ossetia has launched a probe into the riots. The riot erupted
Chechnya
ECHR finds Russia responsible for disappearance and death of Chechen man
The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has found the Russian state responsible for the disappearance and death of a Chechen man following his detention by security forces. The court noted that Russia had not submitted any evidence or explanation contradicting Saidakhmadov’s mother’s claim that her son was murdered by the authorities, and that therefore ‘the death of Aslanbek Saidakhmadov can be attributed to the State’. The court ruled that the state had also failed to investigate Saidak
