A pre-trial prison. Photo: Yuliya Simatova / Yugopolis

14 June 2023, 20:11

Prisoner files lawsuit against SIZO in Kuban because of HIV infection

A man serving his sentence in Kabardino-Balkaria filed a lawsuit against a penitentiary facility and a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Novorossiysk, claiming that he contracted HIV there.

Yuri M. claims that he was infected with HIV in the Novorossiysk SIZO, where he was kept during the investigation and trial under the articles on robbery and possession of drugs.

After the verdict had been pronounced, Yuri was transferred to Kabardino-Balkaria, where he learned about his positive HIV status. The man claimed that he became infected because of inadequate conditions of detention, the “Kavkaz.Realii”* reports.

*Included by the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) into the register of foreign agents.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on June 13, 2023 at 04:02 pm MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Source: СK correspondent

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