11.   There also were numerous allegations that police officers beat detainees.

12.   Three police officers were detained in central Russia on suspicion of beating a detainee to death, officials said Friday.

13.   At first, he said, detainees were beaten to death but over time the methods of killing them became more elaborate.

14.   Officers allegedly insulted, threatened and beat detainees and carried out body searches that were almost tantamount to rape, the charges say.

15.   The guards brutally beat the detainees on a daily basis and many died from the abuse, the prosecution alleges.