RUSSIA: CHECHNYA: CLAIMS OF RUSSIAN TORTURE OF CHECHEN PRISONERS

Eng/Russian/Natsot An O-S-C-E (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) delegation arrived in Mozdok Saturday to investigate claims that Russian troops there have been torturing Chechen prisoners. Hundreds of captured Chechens have passed through the camp which is the main Russian base outside the rebel republic. Human rights organisations claim some prisoners have been executed others have been brutally interrogated. The O-S-C-E delegation visited the main Russian army base at Mozdok