17:49, 14 January 2024

Compensation for torture in Vladikavkaz awarded to Ukrainian Karpyuk

Nikolai Karpyuk. Screenshot of the video published on the YouTube channel "Sejchas" (Now) on September 17, 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXg9KDZsUcY

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found Russia guilty of using evidence obtained under torture in court and obliged it to pay EUR 30,000 to the Ukrainian citizen, Nikolai Karpyuk.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on May 26, 2016, the Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya sentenced Ukrainian citizens, Nikolai Karpyuk and Stanislav Klykh, to 22.5 years and 20 years of freedom deprivation, respectively, recognizing their guilt in participating in the first Chechen campaign on the side of militants. Human rights defenders declared them to be political prisoners. In September 2019, Karpyuk and Klykh, together with the film director, Oleg Sentsov, other pardoned Ukrainian citizens and 24 militaries, flew from Moscow to Kyiv.

According to investigators, Karpyuk and Klykh took part in hostilities for Grozny on December 31, 1994, and killed at least 30 militaries. They denied their participation in the conflict in Chechnya and claimed being tortured during the investigation.

As reported by the "Kavkaz.Realii"* project, after his arrest, Nikolai Karpyuk was kept in a cage and was not allowed to sleep; he was tortured with electric shocks at night. After threats to kidnap and torture his child and wife, the applicant agreed to give the confession that was demanded from him.

*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on January 12, 2024 at 11:06 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: Caucasian Knot