Suspected church arsonists in Tatarstan are being tortured by police
On December 9, 2013, lawyer Radik Galimov contacted the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Tatarstan with a statement to initiate a criminal case into the torture of his client, 30-year-old resident of Nizhnekamsk Rafael Zaripov. R. Zaripov was detained by police on December 4, 2013, and taken into custody based on a court order. According to the lawyer, the police brutally tortured R.