17 January 2007, 23:37

Amnesty International is aggrieved with Supreme Court's decision on the case of Lapin, guilty of tortures in Chechnya

"We are afflicted with the decision of the Court on Sergey Lapin," Fredericka Ber, representative of the largest in the world human rights organization Amnesty International (AI) a AI's researcher for Russia, stated to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot."

On January 17, the Supreme Court of Russia has ruled to send the case of Sergey Lapin (radio call sign "Cadet"), criminal search senior lieutenant of the Interior Department of the city of Nizhnevartovsk, who was convicted for torturing Zelimkhan Murdalov, a resident of Grozny, capital of Chechnya, for a new consideration at the Oktiabrskiy District Court of Grozny by a new composition of the court.

"From our point of view, the court has wrongly doubted of the guilt verdict, since the case files contain serious evidences against the officer," the human rights activist has explained.

On March 31, 2005, the Amnesty International, which has its headquarters in London, welcomed passing a guilty verdict to Sergey Lapin by the Oktiabrskiy Court of the city of Grozny.

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