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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8507

18 July 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) council of europe
CPT condemns practices of Russian forces in Chechnya

Brussels, 17/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - "Torture and other forms of ill-treatment are constantly used by members of the Russian federal and law-enforcement forces operating in the Chechen Republic. Also, measures taken to bring those responsible for such action before justice are often slow and finally prove ineffective". It is in such terms that the Council of Europe's Committee on the Prevention of Torture (CPT) and degrading or inhuman treatment or punishment condemned the practice being...

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