Zaur Dadayev, charged with the murder of Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov
MOSCOW: A former Chechen police officer who admitted taking part in the murder of Russian opposition activist Boris Nemtsov “likely confessed under torture”, a member of the Kremlin’s human rights council said yesterday. Zaur Dadayev allegedly confessed and was charged but has now insisted to the council’s Andrei Babushkin that he is “innocent” and only made the admission under duress. “There are reasons that lead us to believe Zaur Dadayev confessed under torture,” Babushkin said after a visit to the suspect’s Moscow prison cell on Tuesday. “We cannot confirm …read more
Source: Kuwait Times
