Kazakhstan, 18 December, 2014
The colony in Zarechnoye, where Vladimir Kozlov is serving
his time, saw mass beatings - Respublika reported. The most
aggrevated were unit No. 9 and inmate Vadim Medvedev.
Respublika reports citing information from Medvedev's brother.
Reportedly, the prisoner was beaten by a guard, the very same that
had caused him to be hospitalised before. After the previous
incident, the guard was dismissed from his post, but subsequently
reappeared in the colony.
The battery was preceded by a visit of the Federal Penitentiary
Service Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the
Republic of Kazakhstan to the village of Zarechnoye.
According to the portal's informant, convicts had to march and sing
in front of the guests from Astana; Respublika's editor, Irina
Petrushova described the situation as 'a parade of prisoners'.
Following the departure of the delegation, beatings began in the
colony. On 17 December, almost all inmates of unit No. 9 were
subjected to battery on the prison square.
Source: Respublika