Monday, 13 November 2006

CHECHEN AUTHORITIES DENY ALLEGATIONS OF TORTURE

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By empty (11/13/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Chechen authorities have denied allegations by Human Rights Watch that prisoners in Chechnya are regularly subjected to torture. \"This information is untrue. If torture really took place, we would speak about this problem, and so would prisoners\' relatives,\" Chechnya\'s Deputy Prime Minister and Ambassador Plenipotentiary in Moscow Ziad Sabsabi told Interfax on Monday.
Chechen authorities have denied allegations by Human Rights Watch that prisoners in Chechnya are regularly subjected to torture. \"This information is untrue. If torture really took place, we would speak about this problem, and so would prisoners\' relatives,\" Chechnya\'s Deputy Prime Minister and Ambassador Plenipotentiary in Moscow Ziad Sabsabi told Interfax on Monday. He criticized rights defenders for not being objective
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