Guards in a maximum-security penal colony in Kazakhstan's northwestern city of Oral brutally beat dozens of inmates "for no reason" last week, relatives told RFE/RL. The administration of Correctional Colony No. 28 said to RFE/RL that "special measures had been taken to discipline violators of the penitentiary's internal order" on August 3. The Western Kazakhstan regional health authorities confirmed to RFE/RL that 47 inmates were injured, of whom 11 were hospitalized in the city's medical facilities. Human rights watchdogs have raised the issue of guards’ brutality in the Central Asian nation's penitentiaries for years. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.
Dozens Of Inmates In Kazakh Penitentiary Brutally Beaten, Relatives Say
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