Sham Trials

in the campaign “Collective punishment in the abrek era: fines, quartering of troops and exile for Zelimkhan (1905-1913)”

From 10 January 1906 the Russian Empire introduced field courts-martial in the Terek oblast - to them were handed over "...persons who have committed murder, brigandage, robbery and attack on a sentry or military guard, as well as armed resistance to the authorities and attack on the ranks of the troops and the police and on all officials in general..."; during the work of these courts, until 19 April 1907, 195 people in the Caucasus were sentenced to death and another 47 condemned to katorga[1].

ID: C1175.T0160
Technique:  Sham Trials
Start: October 1905
End: December 1913
Contributors: decolonial.ist project

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