In Bashkortostan, the police used to torture teen “TV» – ProUfu.ru news Ufa and Bashkortostan

Denis Govorun achieved equity in three years

Today, July 13, at the Supreme Court of Belarus considered the parties appeals against the sentence, which three police officers from the criminal Investigation police department number 1 Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Ufa were found guilty of abuse of power with violence, and special funds and sentenced to suspended sentences. It is reported by the CPT.

The victim three years ago at the hands of the police 17-year-old Denis ufimets Govorun appealed to human rights activists. They were, he said that in the morning January 28, 2013 he returned to Samara with volleyball competitions. At the railway station “Dema” he was approached by two police officers in civilian clothes, presented certificates and asked to go with them. In the police department number 1 district Demskoi Man accused of involvement in the theft of a cafe in the night of 6 January 7, 2013. When the boy began to deny it, the three police officers put him on the floor and tied. So he spent about half an hour. Untied the detainee, the police continued to talk, but Denis stood his ground – a theft he did not know anything. Further, according to Denis, police officers beat him with a rubber truncheon, and his hands.
   

Then, with the applicant’s words applied to him the so-called torture “TV”. Hands handcuffed, sat on the floor, his legs tied a rope, rope passed through the neck on the neck pre threw the towel to leave no traces. After this rope pulled his head to the feet, and fixed in this position for 30 minutes.

Released teenager only three hours. Then he took a beating in the emergency room and wrote a statement to the investigative committee.

February 5, 2016, three police officers were found guilty of an offense and sentenced to 3 years’ imprisonment each. Recall that the state prosecutor demanded to sentence each to four years of imprisonment.

Both sides have filed an appeal to challenge the verdict. As a result, today, the panel of judges of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan reviewed the decision of the first instance court and assign each convict a sentence of three years imprisonment in a penal colony. The convicts were taken into custody in the courtroom.