A new criminal case has been opened against a native of Chechnya, Said-Akhmed Visangiriyev, who previously reported torture in penal colony No. 3 in the Vladimir region. He is charged with assault.

The brother of the convicted man, Said-Magomed, claims that the new case was initiated as a result of a provocation by the administration of the colony. According to him, a cellmate was planted with Visangiriyev, who deliberately provoked a conflict, and requests to eliminate the provocateur were ignored.

Earlier, information appeared about the cruel treatment of Said-Akhmed Visangiriyev in penal colonies No. 3 and No. 6 in the Vladimir region. This information was shared by his brother, Said-Magomed Visangiriyev, who also contacted various authorities. As Grazhdanskoye Sodeistvie wrote, reports of alleged abuse did not change the situation.

Visangiriyev, sentenced in Moscow in 2023 to 11 years in prison for robbery, was transferred to the Vladimir region, despite the right to serve his sentence in Chechnya. According to him, immediately upon arrival at IK-6, he faced infringement of the rights of Muslims. In IK-3, where he was transferred for examination, he was subjected to torture and humiliation by prisoners collaborating with the colony administration, and also faced inaction from FSIN employees. In particular, the convict reported beatings, forced to humiliatingly clean the toilet, and threats of sexual violence. The story that aired on Vladimir television after the film crew’s visit was, according to Visangiriyev’s lawyer, edited and did not contain his testimony about torture.