12:57, 20 August 2022

Dagestan: Askhabov's application about torture at rehab delivered to investigators

Magomed Askhabov. Screenshot of the video by the “Kavkaz. Realii”* https://d19wbtacbn3uyf.cloudfront.net/a/podveshivali-za-ruki-izgonyali-dzhinna-istoriya-magomeda-kotorogo-lechili-ot-gomoseksualjnosti-v-rehab-tsentre-v-dagestane/31941445.html

Investigators have forwarded the application of Magomed Askhabov's about forced detention and torture at the rehabilitation centre (rehab) in Khasavyurt to Dagestan.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Magomed Askhabov, a Dagestani who ran away from his relatives who had sent him to "treat" for homosexuality at the rehab for drug addicts, stated that he had left Russia. He told about physical and psychological torture applied to him at the rehab.

Svetlana Anokhina, a journalist, has explained that at the rehab, where Askhabov ended up, the patients were forced to sign an agreement, and they were made volunteers. The activities of the rehab must be checked, since Askhabov may not be the only victim, Evgeny Chernousov, a lawyer believes.

Askhabov has stated in his application that he and other patients of the rehab were forced to carry weights, be silent for three or four days; they were hung by hands to bars and used other violent practices that were named medical treatment.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on August 19, 2022 at 10:00 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot