Published 3 years ago

Torture Complaint Filed In Moscow Against Vagner Mercenary Group

Summary by Radio Free Europe/ RadioLiberty

Three nongovernmental organizations based in France, Syria, and Russia have announced a legal case in Moscow against the Vagner Group, a Russian military contractor with indirect ties to the country's political elite, over the 2017 torture of a detainee in Syria.

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The Guardian

Lawsuit seeks justice for suspected Russian killing of Syrian detainee

Family aim to force Moscow to investigate claims killers were mercenaries with Wagner GroupThe brother of a Syrian man killed by suspected Russian mercenaries has called on the authorities in Moscow to investigate the incident and the possible role played by the Wagner Group, a mercenary group run by one of Vladimir Putin’s close allies.Video footage published by Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper shows a group of six men torturing a Syrian detain…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

NGOs file landmark war case against Russian Wagner Group

Three human right groups lodge landmark case in Moscow over beheading of Syrian man

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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CNN

Landmark legal case filed against Russian mercenaries

Advocacy groups from Russia, France and Syria have filed a legal case against Russian mercenary group Wagner, accusing its fighters of torturing and beheading a Syrian man in 2017.

3 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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KRDO

Rights groups file landmark legal case against Russian Wagner mercenaries

Advocacy groups from Russia, France and Syria have filed a legal case against Russian mercenary group Wagner, accusing its fighters of torturing and beheading a Syrian man in 2017.The legal action, filed on behalf of a Syrian citizen, seeks to bring to light the murky activities of the guns-for-hire group with Kremlin links. Wagner is widely reported to have been deployed in Syria alongside Russian forces, which intervened in the conflict to ass…

3 years ago·Colorado Springs, United States

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