Prisoners of Omsk colony IK-2 from Ingushetia and Chechnya call for protection from torture and abuse

They asked to circulate a letter written by their loved ones held in the prison, as the prisoners themselves, as well as their relatives, are afraid to do so personally. They fear for their lives and also simply do not have the opportunity to report this to official Russian authorities. The reports about the abuse and torture were made by the prisoners themselves. As the website notes, there is an audio recording of this message from the prisoners. After telling the story of the torture, the prisoners have not been in contact since. Their whereabouts are unknown.
In conversation with their relatives, the prisoners also noted that a special guard shift, consisting of people who seemed to be trained in various methods of sophisticated torture, engages in particular cruelty and atrocities. This is not accidental torture caused by animosity towards people from the Caucasus or mental instability, but purposeful actions requiring special medical knowledge on how to inflict specific pain and suffering on a person, and to undermine not only their physical health but also their mental health.
APPEAL
“We, the prisoners of Omsk colony IK-2, as well as other colonies in the Omsk region, cry out for help! What is happening here—daily torture, beatings, and abuse to which people from Chechnya and Ingushetia are subjected by the administration and guards of the colony—does not fit within any bounds of human understanding. We are not just being tortured; even describing what they do to us is beyond human strength. In addition to ‘ordinary’ beatings until we are half-dead and torture, such as the breaking of bones and ribs, torture is also applied in the form of drowning, strangulation with a gas mask, and electric shocks. Our bodies are cut; there are cases of screwdrivers being stabbed into kneecaps, fingernails being torn off; we are stripped naked and set upon by dogs, forced to cross ourselves, our religious feelings are insulted, they defecate on us; in a word, we are being abused by monsters with perverted minds. Selectively, men are subjected to public rape, especially those who try to claim their rights, in order to morally crush the rest of the prisoners. Unable to withstand this, many of us have slashed our veins or ripped open our stomachs to at least free ourselves from the torment and humiliation in this way. Bodily injuries sustained during torture, as well as cases of death of prisoners from torture, are registered by the camp administration as suicide attempts. If a prisoner is brought to a state of being half-dead, in order to evade possible liability if he dies, he is transferred to another colony so that the death statistics in the given colony do not rise. As far as we know, these sadistic tortures and abuse are hidden from the colony administration or occur with its tacit consent. We are deprived of any opportunity to convey information about what is happening to officials and the press. We consider it a miracle to have the opportunity to convey this desperate cry for help to the public. We realize that after this message is distributed, our lives will be under direct threat. But we simply have no strength left to endure such inhuman abuse and torture. Help us!”
We ask to consider this letter an official appeal to the Prosecutor General’s Office of Russia, the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia (FSIN), the presidential administrations of the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia, and to Mr. R. Kadyrov and Mr. Y. Evkurov.
We also ask human rights organizations such as “Memorial”, “Amnesty International”, and others who are not indifferent to our fate, to provide support and help in bringing this letter/appeal to the attention of officials and the public. Stop this lawlessness!
In our letter/appeal, we do not indicate our names, because to state our names means to sign a death warrant.
In the event that there is a reaction from officials to our letter/appeal and a commission is created to investigate the aforementioned criminal acts, we are ready to risk giving our names and cooperating with the investigation.
Prisoners of Omsk colony IK-2,
natives of the Chechen Republic and the Republic of Ingushetia.