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Russia: prisoners of the battlefield
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The conflict in Ukraine also impacts the individuals incarcerated in Russia. Many of them have been recruited by the Wagner Group over the past few months to participate in the fighting. Dmitry Gurin from EPLN shared with us what they know about this recruitment campaign.
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Russia: penitentiaries in the pandemic
Russian officials say coronavirus hasn’t infected a single inmate, but COVID-19 has undeniably changed life
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Michelle had no idea that the erotic anime images she posted on social media years ago could land her in an all-male prison and endanger her life.
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Russia: number of inmates decreases
The number of convicts held in correctional system facilities has decreased in Russia up to 482,000 people
In Russia, the prisoners are dragged around
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In Russia, the prisoners are dragged around
6,000 km, silenced journey, utmost opacity.
— Published 13 December 2017.¶“The prisoner becomes a package
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Russia: seen in the press / 2023
Violence, acts of protest, prison conditions, justice reforms: find out what is new about prisons and justice
Russia: “They’re killing us!”
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Prison Insider was contacted by an anonymous Russian source. They asked us to expose the abuse inflicted on prisoners in the Angarsk Penal Colony No. 15 following the riot there in April 2020. We explain how the events unfolded below.
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Russia: Daghestani and Azerbaijani inmates sew mouths shut in Russia prison hunger strike
Nine inmates of a prison colony in Smolensk sew their lips
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Torture
An inmate has died in a Russian prison as a result of torture, activists have reported, in what they say was a “de facto murder.” Several leaked videos showing prisoner abuse over the past year have led to a mass outcry over torture and nationwide inspections to root out violence.
Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison
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Russia: former political prisoner takes Russia to court over torture conditions in Crimean prison
Hearings have begun in occupied Crimea
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In Russia, running a prison is a business, Olga Romanova writes for the Carnegie Center.
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Torture
The Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) has today issued a public statement on the Russian Federation urging the Russian authorities to take decisive action to eradicate the phenomenon of ill-treatment by law enforcement…
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A prison guard in western Russia’s Bryansk region has been detained on suspicion of suffocating an inmate to death by binding his face with a piece of cloth.
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Torture
The trial is practically unprecedented in Russia - torture and even the murder of detainees is a common pheonomenon.
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In Russia, running a prison is a business.
The Soviet gulag may have transformed into Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN), but its essence arguably is unchanged.
With 434 prisoners per 100,000 people, Russia has the highest incarceration rate in Europe. It’s 143 in the UK, 101 in France, a…
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“Strapped down, had genitals shoved in their faces”. How a prison hospital in Krasnoyarsk became a torture dungeon
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Russian prison officials have announced plans to close the infamous Butyrka prison in central Moscow and relocate its inmates to the city’s outskirts.
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Torture
Russian officials are investigating claims that a well-known opposition activist has been repeatedly beaten and threatened in prison.
Ildar Dadin is serving two and a half years for a series of street protests.
He told his lawyer that he had been strung up by his handcuffed wrists, had his head sho…
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Russia: Parliament approves jail for ‘fake’ war reports
Novaya Gazeta newspaper removes content and BBC suspends Russian operations after draft bill
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Russia: Alexei Navalny sentenced to 9 years in prison
Russian opposition leader and prisoner of conscience Aleksei Navalny has been sentenced to 9