Africa Americas Asia Europe/Central Asia Middle East/N. Africa United States Arms Children's Rights HIV/AIDS International Justice Prisons Refugees Women's Rights More... April 2002 Vol.14, No. 3 (D) RUSSIA Last Seen . . .: Continued Disappearances in Chechnya Printer-friendly version (PDF) SUMMARY BACKGROUND Supplementary Materials Press Release Photo Gallery Proflies of the Disappeared Video ...

Throughout the vast expanses of Russia, police torture criminal suspects, routinely and deliberately inflicting severe pain and suffering with the aim of extracting confessions to criminal offenses or other information. Indeed, the practice now appears endemic to Russia's criminal justice system. The abuses range from ill-treatment to unmistakable torture. Methods used include beatings, near ...