Torture
Methods of
cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and torture are practiced everywhere in
the ChR both when detaining suspects and when holding them in detention
facilities, as well as during interrogations. Not only the detained but also
their relatives, friends and even mere strangers who simply happen to be near
them become objects for cruel treatment during apprehensions and arrests.
Constant “disappearances” of the people detained by the employees of different
security agencies, torture of the people who “disappear” in this manner, as
well as the deeply rooted in the Republic and directly connected with these
most serious violations of human rights corruption create a specific atmosphere
of impunity and lawlessness on all the levels of society and authority. As a result,
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For details see the Report “Torture in Chechnya: ‘Normalization’ of a Nightmare” prepared by the Legal Rights
Center of “Memorial” and the International Federation for Human Rights, as well
as the chapter of “Issues of Tortures and Inhuman Treatment in Chechnya and
Northern Caucuses” prepared by the Legal Rights Center of “Memorial” and Center
of “Demos” to be found in the Russia’s NGOs’ Alternative Report on the RF
compliance with the UN Convention against Torture presented at the 37 session
of the UN Committee against Torture in autumn of 2006.