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2021-11-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
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Video evidence of torture at prison hospitals submitted to Saratov officials
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] Complaints about torture in the regional tuberculosis hospital No. 1 in Saratov have been received since 2012, but the investigating authorities have sent them to the institution for consideration, said lawyer Snezhana Muntian. Video evidence of torture against residents of Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia and Azerbaijan in this hospital, presented by the human rights project Gulagu Net, gives hope that the perpetrators will be punished, but in other Russian institutions the situation is similar, said human rights activists Magomed Alamov and Irina Biryukova interviewed by the Caucasian Knot.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on November 9 the human rights project Gulagu.net published video evidence of violence and torture against residents of Chechnya, Dagestan, Georgia, Azerbaijan in the Saratov prison hospital. The authors of the investigation claim to have identified the names of all employees of the institution involved in the torture. Netizens urged to bring those responsible to justice.
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The chairman of the POC of the Saratov region, Denis Sobolev, refused to comment on the publication of video evidence of torture of prisoners in the PKU OTB-1 of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Saratov region.
"We do not have an OTB-1 institution. There is no such thing, I say," Denis Sobolev told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, convincing him that he was not familiar with the publication of the human rights project Gulagu.net on torture.
Regional tuberculosis hospital No. 1, located on the road to the village of Aleksandrovka. It was created in 1998 on the basis of the correctional labor colony No. 1, designed for 1,100 beds, follows from the information on the official website of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in the Saratov region.
There is a possibility that the publication of a video of torture and a photo of the alleged participants will result in punishment of the perpetrators, said Snezhana Muntyan, a lawyer from Saratov, who represents the interests of several prisoners from correctional colony No. the parties of other prisoners and employees of the colony.
"But you shouldn't relax, because we know what country we live in and what kind of justice we have. For my part, I will do everything to ensure that the employees of the colony and convicts involved in torture receive a decent punishment," the lawyer said.
According to her, prisoners have been complaining about torture in OTB-1 since 2012.
"OTB-1 is essentially a medical institution. Convicts from various regions are brought there in order to improve their health. However, most prisoners do their best not to go there, even if they are in dire need of treatment for health reasons. This institution is famous for as a torture institution, it is called a "bloody synth."
They mainly send objectionable convicts, complainants, conflict people. In general, prisoners are taken there not for treatment, unfortunately. Since 2012, I have received complaints of torture from prisoners. the publication of the video, I really hope that the situation has changed," she said.
Complaints, previously sent to the Investigative Committee of Russia about the inspection in OTB-1, did not give any result, Muntyan said. "Complaints smoothly returned to OTB-1. Where has it been seen that an institution that tortures people itself checks on the fact of torture? In general, the situation in this hospital is no different from others. This is a system. This is a torture conveyor, which is not only in Saratov region, and throughout Russia, "she said.
As for the work of the POC of the Saratov region, according to Muntyan, they do not protect prisoners, but cover up torture against them.
"Our POC (of the Saratov region) has never worked to protect prisoners. fought against torture, subjected them to persecution and they are no longer heard. Now our POC is a human rights fiction. They do not prevent torture, but cover it," said the lawyer.
The Public Verdict Human Rights Foundation transmitted to Novaya Gazeta two videos in which the security forces beat prisoners in a group - two men, separately. One of them was filmed at the end of August 2016 - this footage captures the beating of a Muslim prisoner, who then spent two weeks in the hospital, according to the publication
"There is, of course, nothing to cover (18+). The second video shows the torture of prisoner Vazha Bochorishvili in April 2017. Torture of Caucasians in prisons has become a system, a former prisoner told the "Caucasian Knot."
Irina Biryukova , a lawyer for the Public Verdict organization, who represents the interests of prisoners who were tortured in the Yaroslavl correctional colony No. 1, also hopes that those responsible for torture in the Saratov prison hospital will be punished.
"I would like all the participants to be punished, but let's see how the investigative actions will be conducted. Judging by the way they work, there is no desire to prosecute the perpetrators. We do not see any arrests, only a few people were detained. deeds, but do not punish the guilty," she said.
In March, the defense announced ten persons involved in the case of torturing Caucasians in the Yaroslavl colony. Three suspects in the beating of a native of Chechnya Abubakar Tsagalaev and a citizen of Georgia Vazha Bochorishvili were arrested in the Yaroslavl colony. Two more were under house arrest, but, as reported on September 22 by the Public Verdict, the court ruled to release them on recognizance not to leave. The mitigation of the measure of restraint for former employees of the Yaroslavl colony, accused of torturing a native of Chechnya Abubakar Tsagalaev, is groundless and will be appealed, human rights activists said.
According to her, cases of torture are being opened in order to calm the public. As, for example, in the case of the torture of prisoners in the Yaroslavl colony.
"The case was supposed to be brought to court at the end of October, but due to restrictions due to the coronavirus, it will be transferred, we hope, at the end of November. The investigation is actually completed here. to get acquainted with the materials of the criminal case. That is, there will be some kind of verdict against nine accused. The case was not released on the brakes, as they say. We do not let the investigating authorities relax," she said.
According to her, the situation in prison hospitals in Russia is the same.
"I don’t presume to judge all prison hospitals without exception, but on the whole, the situation is the same everywhere. The prison hospital in the Saratov region is not very different from the others. Such reports of torture come from everywhere. It's just that in this case we managed to get a video of torture from this hospital. It is difficult to prove something. We see that after the publication of the video, there are a lot of allegations of torture from other colonies," she said.
Magomed Alamov, head of the North Caucasus branch of the Committee Against Torture, does not exclude that violence is also used in other prison hospitals in Russia.
"As far as I remember, our department did not receive any complaints from prisoners held in correctional institutions in Saratov. Most of us receive complaints from prisoners who complain about the use of violence at the stage of preliminary investigation, that is, after quite a long time. about whether and to what extent the situation in the Saratov OTB stands out without any statistics of referrals from other prison hospitals.
I fully admit that in other hospitals violence is also used against prisoners who somehow did not please the management or staff of the administration of the institution, in And, probably, the situation is even worse than in the OTB Saratov," he told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to him, in terms of punishing those guilty of torturing prisoners in Saratov, officials of the administration will probably be involved, but not the leadership.
"It is likely that without close attention from society, the perpetrators will be punished very mildly. An example is the case of torture of prisoners in the Yaroslavl colony. happened, we need close and tireless attention of society," said Alamov.
The court found that in June 2017, the colony employees carried out "preventive work" with a convict who was serving a sentence in a correctional institution, who systematically violated the regime. The court sentenced 11 accomplices to imprisonment for terms ranging from 3 years to 4 years and 3 months, serving their sentences in a general regime correctional colony.
They are also deprived of the right to hold positions related to the exercise of the functions of a representative of the authorities in law enforcement agencies for a period of 2 years and 6 months. Six of them were released in the courtroom in connection with serving their sentences, the prosecutor's office of the Yaroslavl region informed on November 19, 2020 on its website.
The Zavolzhsky District Court of Yaroslavl acquitted in the torture case of a prisoner who at that time was acting head of the colony Dmitry Nikolaev and his deputy for security issues Igit Mikhailov, RBC informed on the same day.
Alamov also added that POCs must fulfill their functions and protect prisoners.
"Until the country has an effective POC system, in which human rights defenders will be located, and not former employees of the FSIN and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there is no need to talk about any observance of human rights in penitentiary institutions," the CPR representative is sure.
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