Russia: ‘Conveyor Belt’ of Torture and Rape to ‘Break’ Prisoners
October 6th, 2021Via: Daily Mail:
Horrific videos have exposed a ‘conveyor belt’ of torture and rape within Russia’s prison system in which male inmates were brutally assaulted on camera and then blackmailed into abusing their fellow inmates using the footage.
Campaigners say gangs of rapists were deployed to ‘break’ prisoners and force them into signing ‘confessions’ or giving false testimony, as they exposed the sick scheme.
The videos include a man screaming in pain as he is violated with a mop handle inside a tuberculosis hospital, one male prisoner raping another who is tied to a bed, and a group of inmates urinating on another man.
At least 40 inmates were brutally assaulted on camera, activists say, though anecdotal evidence suggests the true number of victims is around 200.
Russian authorities on Wednesday said they had fired five senior prison officials, including the director of the prison where the alleged abuse took place and the head of the regional prison service, and opened a slew of criminal investigations over the footage.
