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'''Phone Call to Putin''' ({{lang-ru|звонок Путину}}) is a Russian term for torture method used by [[Russia]]n [[police]] to extract confession out of detainees. It consists of administering [[electric shock]]s to the person's [[earlobes]]. <ref> [http://www.newsweek.com/id/46885 A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them] By Anna Nemtsova, [[Newsweek]], Mar 13, 2006</ref> <ref name="Torture"> [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/2b0c6a68-453a-4af9-8586-8bc997c3ab81.html My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture] by [[RFE/RL]] </ref> <ref name="Torture"/><ref>{{cite web |
'''Phone Call to Putin''' ({{lang-ru|звонок Путину}}) is a Russian term for torture method used by [[Russia]]n [[police]] to extract confession out of detainees. It consists of administering [[electric shock]]s to the person's [[earlobes]]. <ref name="Anna"> [http://www.newsweek.com/id/46885 A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them] By Anna Nemtsova, [[Newsweek]], Mar 13, 2006</ref> <ref name="Torture"> [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/2b0c6a68-453a-4af9-8586-8bc997c3ab81.html My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture] by [[RFE/RL]] </ref> <ref name="Torture"/><ref>{{cite web |
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|quote= {{lang-en|Among other things hanged at mochki ears electrical wires - operativnikov jargon for this is called "call to Putin".}} {{lang-ru|В числе прочего вешали на мочки ушей электрические провода — на жаргоне оперативников это называется «звонок Путину».}}}}</ref> <ref> [http://www.newsweek.com/id/46885 A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them] By Anna Nemtsova, [[Newsweek]], Mar 13, 2006</ref><ref name="Torture"> [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/2b0c6a68-453a-4af9-8586-8bc997c3ab81.html My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture] by [[RFE/RL]] </ref>. |
|quote= {{lang-en|Among other things hanged at mochki ears electrical wires - operativnikov jargon for this is called "call to Putin".}} {{lang-ru|В числе прочего вешали на мочки ушей электрические провода — на жаргоне оперативников это называется «звонок Путину».}}}}</ref> <ref> [http://www.newsweek.com/id/46885 A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them] By Anna Nemtsova, [[Newsweek]], Mar 13, 2006</ref><ref name="Torture"> [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/10/2b0c6a68-453a-4af9-8586-8bc997c3ab81.html My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture] by [[RFE/RL]] </ref>. This method of torture is widely used in Russia <ref name="Anna"/> |
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This method was profiled in publications describing a case in [[Nizhniy Novgorod]] where a man was falsely accused of [[murder]] and [[rape]]. After surviving the "phone call" torture, he jumped out of a third-floor window to escape his tormentors. He broke his collarbone and became handicapped. His case was taken to the [[European Court of Human Rights]] in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]] and became notable as "the first serious victory in a case of torture" brought to the Court against Russian government <ref> [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8323-6.cfm Police Are at War With the Russian People] by [[Yulia Latynina]] </ref> <ref> [http://2004.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2004/57n/n57n-s05.shtml "Phone Call to Putin: A new method that the cops love. In the war against your own people, all tactics are good." (Russian)] [[Novaya Gazeta]] [[9 August]], [[2004]] </ref> The torture with electric shocks is common in Russia.<ref name=AI_Russia>[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Amnesty International report]</ref><ref name="rights">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/pdfs/justice-report-eng.pdf Justice Report by Amnesty International]</ref><ref name="torture">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Torture and ill-treatment]</ref><ref name="hrw4">[http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/13/russia14557.htm UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments From Russia to Stop Torture]</ref><ref name="hrw4"/> <ref name="tor1"> [http://news.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460041997?open&of=ENG-345 Torture in Russia "This man-made Hell"] - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997 </ref> |
This method was profiled in publications describing a case in [[Nizhniy Novgorod]] where a man was falsely accused of [[murder]] and [[rape]]. After surviving the "phone call" torture, he jumped out of a third-floor window to escape his tormentors. He broke his collarbone and became handicapped. His case was taken to the [[European Court of Human Rights]] in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]] and became notable as "the first serious victory in a case of torture" brought to the Court against Russian government <ref> [http://www.cdi.org/russia/johnson/8323-6.cfm Police Are at War With the Russian People] by [[Yulia Latynina]] </ref> <ref> [http://2004.novayagazeta.ru/nomer/2004/57n/n57n-s05.shtml "Phone Call to Putin: A new method that the cops love. In the war against your own people, all tactics are good." (Russian)] [[Novaya Gazeta]] [[9 August]], [[2004]] </ref> The torture with electric shocks is common in Russia.<ref name=AI_Russia>[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Amnesty International report]</ref><ref name="rights">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/pdfs/justice-report-eng.pdf Justice Report by Amnesty International]</ref><ref name="torture">[http://www.amnesty.org/russia/torture.html Torture and ill-treatment]</ref><ref name="hrw4">[http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/11/13/russia14557.htm UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments From Russia to Stop Torture]</ref><ref name="hrw4"/> <ref name="tor1"> [http://news.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR460041997?open&of=ENG-345 Torture in Russia "This man-made Hell"] - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997 </ref> |
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Phone Call to Putin (Russian: звонок Путину) is a Russian term for torture method used by Russian police to extract confession out of detainees. It consists of administering electric shocks to the person's earlobes. [1] [2] [2][3] [4][2]. This method of torture is widely used in Russia [1]
This method was profiled in publications describing a case in Nizhniy Novgorod where a man was falsely accused of murder and rape. After surviving the "phone call" torture, he jumped out of a third-floor window to escape his tormentors. He broke his collarbone and became handicapped. His case was taken to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France and became notable as "the first serious victory in a case of torture" brought to the Court against Russian government [5] [6] The torture with electric shocks is common in Russia.[7][8][9][10][10] [11]
References
- ^ a b A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them By Anna Nemtsova, Newsweek, Mar 13, 2006
- ^ a b c My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture by RFE/RL
- ^ "Automatic translation".
English: Among other things hanged at mochki ears electrical wires - operativnikov jargon for this is called "call to Putin". Russian: В числе прочего вешали на мочки ушей электрические провода — на жаргоне оперативников это называется «звонок Путину».
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(help) - ^ A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them By Anna Nemtsova, Newsweek, Mar 13, 2006
- ^ Police Are at War With the Russian People by Yulia Latynina
- ^ "Phone Call to Putin: A new method that the cops love. In the war against your own people, all tactics are good." (Russian) Novaya Gazeta 9 August, 2004
- ^ Amnesty International report
- ^ Justice Report by Amnesty International
- ^ Torture and ill-treatment
- ^ a b UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments From Russia to Stop Torture
- ^ Torture in Russia "This man-made Hell" - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997