The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Sirojiddin Mukhriddin, condemned the use of torture against the probable perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall. His words are quoted by the ASIA-Plus news agency.
According to the official, “law enforcement agencies of the Russian Federation must comply with the norms and principles of international law and legal requirements, especially regarding the presumption of innocence, the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment of detainees.”
“Demonstration in the open information space of footage of the detention of alleged perpetrators of a terrorist act with the use of torture against them in the form of bodily mutilation is unacceptable. The price of confessions obtained in this way is well known to everyone,” he added.
Sirojiddin Mukhriddin also spoke about the growth of xenophobia: “As a result of an ill-considered information campaign, a negative perception is being formed towards citizens of Tajikistan and Tajiks.”
More than a hundred dead, 11 detained and a “Ukrainian trace” discovered by the FSB. What is known about the terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall
Four probable perpetrators of the terrorist attack in Crocus were detained the morning after the attack that occurred on the evening of March 22, which killed 144 people.
All of them were brought to Moscow for an arrest hearing with noticeable signs of torture; pro-government telegram channels also posted footage of the torture itself. In one of the videos, a man in military uniform cut off part of the ear of Saidakrami Rachabalizode, who was detained, and tried to force him to eat it.
After the terrorist attack in Crocus, the Ministry of Labor of Tajikistan reported on the beginning of the outflow of the country's citizens from Russia after the terrorist attack and cases of oppression of Tajik citizens at the everyday level. Messages have appeared on social networks about attacks on migrants and representatives of national republics as “revenge” for Crocus.