Lured with promise of Russian bride & job, 2 tortured for refusing to join army | Chandigarh News - Times of India
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Mukesh (21) and Sunny (24), cousins hailing from Haryana, assert that over 200 men, predominantly from South Asia, find themselves ensnared in camps e

“No bobs or vagene for you. But avoid the army and you’ll face torture” perfectly sums up the state of orcland these days.

  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    70·
    2 years ago

    Pretty rough, from what I understand:

    • Promised jobs in Germany
    • sent to Bangkok instead
    • Taken to Belarus
    • Taken across border into Russia, kept at camps.

    Once in Russia, they were told to join the Russian Army. To motivate them, they were:

    • Offered Russian work visas, brides, and passports
    • Denied food and water when they refused.
    • Burned with heated wood and matchsticks, cut with knives, and other torture methods
    • Threated with knives and guns
    • Finally arrested for illegally entering the Russia.

    I’ve heard other reports of people from India getting forced into fighting for Russia after fraudulent job offers, so it seems like this is becoming fairly widespread.

    • gaael@lemmy.worldEnglish
      26·
      2 years ago

      Thanks for this summary that’s a lot better than the title which implies they went to Russia voluntarily to “get wives”.

    • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      It is really an ongoing low. There have been reports of this with nepalese “joining” the Russian military for a year now. Some may have been voluntary but many took jobs as private support staff only to be sent to the front.

        • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          I think it is important to remember to separate the regime from the people. This has nothing to do with the Russian public. We know there is real opposition, it is just heavily suppressed.

          Please remember that dehumanizing a culture or group is one of the ways used to justify treating them exactly how the Russian regime is these people.

    • girlfreddy@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Technically he was the cause. Now his “mandate” has advanced to include every rich asshole Russia has tho, so that’s the problem now.