Russian conscripts face abuse
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Thousands of Russian army conscripts are each year inducted into a life of starvation, beatings and torture which drives hundreds to suicide, a Human Rights Watch report concluded yesterday.
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MOSCOW -- Human Rights Watch urged Russian authorities yesterday to take action against the vicious hazing that plagues the nation's military, saying the abuse that kills dozens of conscripts every year and traumatizes thousands more can be prevented.
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Each day, detainees in GuantÃ¡namo Bay, Cuba, argue before anonymous military officers that they should not be in custody. The hearings have brought heavy criticism.
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TBILISI -- Four Russian military officers were arrested on spying charges yesterday, and police surrounded a Russian military headquarters here demanding that a fifth Russian officer be handed over to authorities. The operation sparked a furious reaction from Russia, which demanded the officers' release, accusing its southern neighbor of ``a fresh outrage."
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A top Russian general yesterday warned the military will strike &quot;terrorist bases in any region of the world,&quot; while authorities offered a reward equivalent to $13.
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Russia has again accused the West of double standards in the war on terrorism, following last week&#39;s school hostage crisis in the southern town of Beslan.
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CHELYABINSK, Russia  - A Russian court on Tuesday   sentenced a conscript to four years in prison for abusing a   younger recruit so badly doctors had to amputate his legs and   genitals.
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The terrorists who took over a school in Beslan last month were drug addicts, says Nikolay Shepel, Deputy Prosecutor General, Russia.
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Two recent decisions about salaries in the Russian Defense Ministry have infuriated both uniformed and civilian workers there.
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There&#39;s all that shooting, for one thing. Stuff blowing up. People getting maimed and killed. All of which is pretty bad. But what&#39;s even worse is that the soldiers cuss.
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Amnesty International on Wednesday accused Russian police of beating and torturing suspects and criticized authorities for what it said were insufficient investigations into such allegations.
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Uncooperative Guantanamo Bay detainees were regularly subjected to highly abusive treatment over a long period of time, unidentified guards at the US military base, intelligence agents and others who worked in the prison told The New
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Human Rights Watch urged Russian authorities on Wednesday to take action against the vicious hazing that plagues the nation's military, saying the abuse that kills dozens of conscripts every year and traumatizes thousands more can be prevented.
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Russian officials frequently beat, rape and torture detainees, a report by Amnesty International says.
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KURILOVO, Russia  - As Lyubov Rodionova flicks  through her pictures, all showing the same young man in  uniform, it becomes obvious these are not just family snaps.
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Reporters covering Beslan say they were drugged by officials.
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Bullying in Russia's army is on the  increase with many recruits dying of injuries or killing  themselves after mistreatment ranging from cigarette burns to  sexual abuse, a human rights group said Wednesday.