Russian media have repeatedly written about the ill-treatment of prisoners at the Melohovo penitentiary.
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalnyi has been transferred to a high-security penitentiary in the village of Melohovo in the Vladimir region of Russia, says russian online media Jellyfish. The Russian news agency also reported on the matter Tass.
In the village of Melohovo there is a penitentiary number six, in Russian “IK-6”. The penitentiary is located about 250 kilometers from Moscow.
Chairman of the Regional Section of the Social Rights Committee Sergei Jazan told Russian news agency Ria Novost that Navalnyi is currently in the Melohovo penitentiary.
The most spokesman Kira Jarmyš commented on ton Twitter on Twitter that they have not been able to confirm information about the transfer of Navalny to Melohovo Penitentiary.
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Russian newspaper Kommersantin by the media has repeatedly written about the ill-treatment of prisoners at the Melohovo penitentiary.
For example, in 2014, when a video depicting the beating of prisoners in a penitentiary became public, an investigation was launched under the Abuse of Power section. According to officials of the Vladimir Prison Administration, the video describing the beating of the prisoners may have been falsified. The results of the investigation have not been reported to the public.
In 2018, a 33-year-old convicted of drug trafficking was examined in a penitentiary Gor Ovakimjan death. Officially, he was alleged to have died of pneumonia. Relatives of Ovakimja said to the Russian Novaya Gazeta that he actually died as a result of assault and torture in a penitentiary.
In March 2019, the former president of Chechnya Ahmad Kadyrov former bodyguard Ayub Tuntujev was found dead in the Melohovo penitentiary. According to the penitentiary, Tuntuev committed suicide. While in prison, Tuntuevev twice complained to the European Court of Human Rights about the torture and the authorities’ refusal to investigate the matter.
Vladimir Region Human Rights Ombudsman Lyudmila Romanova comments Tass said on Tuesday that although there have been complaints about the penitentiary’s activities in the past, none of them have been confirmed. According to him, the conditions in the penitentiary are good.
Vladimirin according to the website of the Prison Detention Center in the area, the Melehovo penitentiary has 1,500 places, including a 29-bed cell ward and a 20-bed group cell.
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