Phone Call to Putin

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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] According to RFE/RL report, the[dubious – discuss] "torture is so common in Russian police stations" that one of the methods "even has a name: the "phone call to Putin." [2]

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 [3] [4] The torture with electric shocks is common in Russia.[5][6][7][8][8] [9][7][8]

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  1. ^ A Phone Call to Putin. How do Kremlin authorities deal with whistle-blowers? Silence them By Anna Nemtsova, Newsweek, Mar 13, 2006
  2. ^ a b My Only Thought Was To Escape The Torture by RFE/RL
  3. ^ Police Are at War With the Russian People by By Yulia Latynina
  4. ^ "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
  5. ^ Amnesty International report
  6. ^ Justice Report by Amnesty International
  7. ^ a b Torture and ill-treatment
  8. ^ a b c UN Committee against Torture Must Get Commitments From Russia to Stop Torture
  9. ^ Torture in Russia "This man-made Hell" - by Amnesty International, 3 April 1997