Estimated read time: 1-2 minutes
This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ordered five suspects in the beating of a prison inmate detained for two months and a shorter confinement for a prison supervisor.
Russian state news agency Tass said five corrections officers from the prison in Yaroslavl were ordered held on Wednesday. Tass says the court ordered the prison's deputy chief to remain in custody for 72 hours.
The case emerged last week when the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper published video of a handcuffed prisoner being pushed down on a table by at least 10 uniformed personnel. In the footage, the man cries out as his feet are hit with batons.
The video appeared to be recorded by guards' body cameras.
The Public Verdict Foundation human rights group says the lawyer who obtained the video has fled Russia.
Also Wednesday, a Russian deputy justice minister, Mikhail Galperin, and other Russian envoys faced questioning about the issue at a regular review of Russia's record by the U.N. Committee against Torture in Geneva.
Committee chair Jens Modvig said the video revived questions "about safety inside the country's justice system." Galperin was expected to provide answers in a second committee session on Thursday.
Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
