The rector of the Technical University in the Siberian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur has rejected reports about the beating of almost 100 Tajik students on campus by police last week. Eduard Dmitriyev said on May 23 that "a conflict between police and Tajik students" had occurred while immigration police held checks after a student from Tajikistan was detained on suspicion of financing terrorism. Tajik students told RFE/RL, meanwhile, that police and security officers raided their dormitory on May 19, severely beating some 100 students from the Central Asian country, leaving 15 students injured, some of whom need surgery. To read the original story of RFE/RL's Tajik Service, click here.
Siberian University Rector Rejects Reports About Mass Beating Of Tajik Students
The Technical University in the Siberian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia