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June 29th 2007 · Prague Watchdog / Ruslan Isayev
Chechen inmates in Mordovian penal colony complain of abuses
Chechen inmates in Mordovian penal colony complain of abuses
By Ruslan Isayev
CHECHNYA - More than fifteen convicted Chechens held at penal colony IK-5 in Mordovia in Russia's Privolzhsky district, have written a letter to Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, complaining about the conditions in which they are being detained.
The inmates claim that they are brutalized by the prison authorities, that they have been severely beaten, and that this is being done on the basis of their ethnicity. The letter says that "it is all accompanied by expressions like ‘you’re all gangsters, and your president is a gangster, too'."
Unable to endure the daily beatings, one of the Chechen prisoners slashed his wrists, but his life was saved.
The prisoners addressed their appeal to the President of ...
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