Russian journalist complains of torture – She was accused by Russia of fake news and locked up in a psychiatric hospital

A Russian woman journalist accuses Kremlin of torture as Russia’s regime accuses it of proliferation fake newsas a result of which they were forced to close it in psychiatric hospital.

The website Tayga.info reports that the journalist Maria Panomarenko from the city of Barnaul, who is an activist and works with the RusNews website, was arrested on April 27, on charges of spreading fake news about the Russian military. The reason for her to be prosecuted was her Telegram post about the bombings of the Mariupol drama theater, where more than a thousand civilians, including children, had taken refuge. The Russian Defense Ministry denies that it bombed the theater.

Also, the website Radio Liberty stated that as part of the interrogation, it was decided that Panomarenko should undergo psychiatric tests at a local psychiatric hospital, but the tests were to include only monitoring and not medication.

Panomarenko claims that her injected with unknown drugs for asking for her personal belongings and toiletries and for demanding to contact a lawyer. “Three men from the security service held my hands and feet, pinned me to the bed and a nurse gave me an injection,” the journalist said.

Maria Panomarenko, as an activist in Barnaul, was fined for picketing alone protesting the changes to the constitution. At one of the sessions of the court for administrative violations, he came with a mask that read “Putin to resign.” She was fined for this action. Panomarenko participated in protests in Barnaul and Novosibirsk as a journalist for RusNews. She could be jailed for up to 10 years under the Fake News Act. By court decision, she has been remanded in custody and will remain in custody at least until August 28.