Hundreds protest against police brutality in Russia

25 Jan, 2010

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the Russian city of Tomsk Sunday, four days after a journalist died in detention there after allegedly being beaten by a policeman, the Interfax news agency reported.The 47-year-old reporter had been placed in a detention cell in early January, apparently to sober up, when the police officer allegedly beat him, with no reason given.
The journalist was taken to a hospital where he lapsed into a coma for two weeks before his death. He never regained consciousness. The death was "a scandal for Russia," said the protesters Sunday, a sentiment written on placards and chanted by the marchers, reported Interfax.

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