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Stavropol resident convicted of participating in ISIS complains of torture
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[KavkazUzel] Stavropol resident Vasily Antonov, convicted of participating in the Islamic State, stated that he confessed under torture.  According to the case materials, 50-year-old Vasily Antonov, a native of Lermontov, joined the ranks of the international terrorist organization Islamic State (IS), banned in Russia, in a penal colony where he was serving a sentence for illegal distribution of pornography, including child pornography. For illegal distribution of pornography, Antonov was sentenced to 15 years in prison. For participation in ISIS, the Southern District Military Court sentenced him to 12 years in prison. Antonov appealed this sentence to the Supreme Court of Russia. During the trial, Antonov stated that he confessed to the security forces under torture, and he also provided the court with medical documents confirming the presence of injuries. Antonov stated that part of the charges against him were based on the testimony of one of the prisoners, who suffers from drug addiction and is thus dependent on the administration of the correctional facility, according to the case file published on the website of the Supreme Court of Russia. The court refused to admit medical documents provided by Antonov and rejected his appeal, stating that he testified in the presence of a lawyer. The court also declared Antonov's testimony that he was allegedly beaten by other prisonersmimmik to be untenable. "The defense's arguments about the use of physical violence against Antonov by other convicts were correctly critically assessed in the verdict as not supported by the case materials and not affecting the circumstances of his commission of a deliberate terrorist crime," the court's decision states. As a result, the Supreme Court left the verdict of the Southern District Military Court and the appellate ruling of the appellate military court regarding Antonov unchanged. Posted by: badanov 2024-12-17 |
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