Prisoners ‘Tortured’ After Russian Jail Fire

KRASNOKAMENSK, Russia — Local human rights activists say prisoners have been subjected to beatings and torture following a fire in a penitentiary in southern Siberia, RFE/RL’s Russian Service reports. The Zabaikalye human rights center said today that investigators concealed brutality against inmates in the maximum security labor camp No 10 in the town of Krasnokamensk. […]