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"Welcome to Hell" Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Extortion in Chechnya Human Rights Watch New York · Washington · London · Brussels Copyright © October 2000 by Human Rights Watch. All rights reserved. Printed in the Unted States of America. ISBN: 1-56432-253-X Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-109421 |
SUMMARY
Mass
Arrests and Arbitrary Detention
Torture
and Other Abuse at Chernokozovo
Abuses
and Torture at Other Places of Detention
The
Business of Release: Extortion and "Amnesties"
Incommunicado
Detention and "Disappearances"
LEGAL
STANDARDS
International Standards
Domestic
Standards
The
Duty to Investigate
THE
PROCESS OF DETENTION
THE
CHERNOKOZOVO DETENTION CENTER
ABUSES
AND TORTURE IN OTHER PLACES OF DETENTION
THE
BUSINESS OF RELEASE: EXTORTION, "AMNESTIES,"AND THE THREAT OF RE-ARREST
OTHER
VIOLATIONS OF THE RIGHTS OF INDIVIDUALS DEPRIVED OF THEIR LIBERTY
RECOMMENDATIONS
Arrests
at Checkpoints and Border Crossings
Arrests
in the context of "mop-up" operations
Arrests
during targeted sweeps of communities
Introduction
Beatings
and other torture at Chernokozovo
The
Human Corridor
The
"Cleanup"
Torture
in the Context of Interrogations
Night
Beatings: "They were out of control"
Humiliating
"games"
Physical
Exhaustion
Rape
Stavropol
territory
Military
bases
Other
Ad-hoc Detention Centers
Local
Police Stations or Command Posts, and Abuse in Transit
Extortion
Rearrest
and the Threat of Rearrest
Prolonged
Incommunicado Detention and "Disappearances"
Denial
of access to legal counsel
To
the Government of the Russian Federation
To
the Special Representative for Human Rights in Chechnya Vladimir Kalamanov
To
the International Community
United
Nations
To
the Council of Europe
To
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
To
the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development and Bilateral Donors
To
the European Union and the United States