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Ex-Kremlin prisoners tell about torture, horrors of Russian prisonsMykola Karpyuk, one of the prisoners who suffered the most severe torture in Russian prison, gives a press conference. Photo: Ukrinform.ua 2019/09/25 - 12:18 • Political prisonersQuoteAfter eleven Ukrainian political prisoners of Kremlin returned to Ukraine, they started to describe the conditions of Russian prisons where they were kept in, as well as how they were tortured to extract the “confessions†necessary for the sham trials. Some describe the torture they suffered as mild and insignificant, some experienced real horrors. The stories show that the terrible practices used in prisons during Soviet times are still alive. Some ex-prisoners already voiced their plans to provide evidence of torture to international courts.On 7 September 2019, 35 Ukrainians returned home from Russian prisons. Among them were the 24 sailors whom Russia illegally captured after attacking them in the Black Sea in November 2018. The case has been widely covered in Ukrainian and international media. Most of the names of the other 11 political prisoners were also more or less known publicly. Unlike the 86 Ukrainian political prisoners still remaining in Russian prisons.The stories of the released Ukrainians show that their level of fame influenced the level of cruelty they experienced.Read more at: http://euromaidanpress.com/2019/09/25/ex-kremlin-prisoners-tell-about-torture-horrors-of-russian-prisons/
After eleven Ukrainian political prisoners of Kremlin returned to Ukraine, they started to describe the conditions of Russian prisons where they were kept in, as well as how they were tortured to extract the “confessions†necessary for the sham trials. Some describe the torture they suffered as mild and insignificant, some experienced real horrors. The stories show that the terrible practices used in prisons during Soviet times are still alive. Some ex-prisoners already voiced their plans to provide evidence of torture to international courts.
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