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Torture in Russian prisons: the Council of Europe must react to the neutralisation of the monitoring mechanism in places of confinement

 .           Common position of FIDH and EPLN 25 September 2019 Far from combating torture endemic in...

Russia : by leaving unchanged the sentence imposed on prisoners who had rebelled against systematic violent practices, the Supreme Court fosters a climate of impunity in prison

Press-release Paris, 5 September 2019 In a ruling issued on September 3, the Supreme Court left unchanged the judgement delivered...

Russia, Kopeysk : the Supreme Court is considering on appeal the judgment imposing heavy sentences on detainees who have rebelled against systematic torture

Press Release 09.08.2019 The Supreme Court started on 7th of August the examination on the merits of the judgement delivered...