Week-ending 8 October 2021
Gulagu.net is a project that describes itself as a “Project against corruption and torture in Russia, which unites more than 18 thousand defenders and volunteers.” The group is headed by Vladimir Osechkin who wrote on Facebook on 4 October that his team had obtained a large batch of videos that he claimed showed prison inmates being tortured by agents of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). He said that the “prove” that FSB and FSIN members use rape and other forms of torture to force inmates to cooperate with them. RFE/RL reports that on 5 October Russian prosecutors said they had launched a preliminary investigation into the videos.
Sources:
Gulagu.net website: https://gulagu-net.ru
RFE/RL, 5 October 2021: A prominent Russian human rights defender says his team has obtained a large batch of videos that he claims show prison inmates being tortured by agents of the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN).
The Moscow Times, 5 October 2021: A prominent NGO that tracks abuses in Russia’s prison system says it has received “thousands” of leaked video clips showing inmates being beaten and tortured by guards in several prisons across the country.
The Moscow Times, 6 October 2021: A prominent NGO that tracks abuses in Russia’s prison system says it has received “thousands” of leaked video clips showing inmates being beaten and tortured by guards in several prisons across the country.
