Putin's thugs 'strip 20 female protesters naked and force them to squat on camera'

dailystar.co.uk:

Russian women who were detained for protesting against Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine claim they were stripped naked and forced to squat "in front of police cameras".The suspects were reportedly rounded up at or close to a rally and were subjected to "humiliating and degrading" treatment, their lawyer says.

Women police officers ordered the suspected protestors, aged 18 to 27, to strip but in some cases cell doors were left open as male officers walked by.

Cell cameras fitted with video recorders spied on the alleged abuse in all cases. It is understood that the men detained at the same time were not subjected to strip-and-squat orders.Olimpiada Usanova, who is going to court to challenge the women's treatment, said: “I am outraged that each of them was searched in a humiliating way at the detention centre, violating our legislation.“The females were searched by undressing and squatting five times in the presence of a detention centre officer.“A second humiliating search was conducted several hours later in the cells and the women were forced to lift up their shirts, take off their panties, and bare their breasts in the camera surveillance area.“I am concerned that female officers did not close the doors as some women were examined, and male officers were lurking there.”She claims the male officers watched the footage of the women stripping and squatting.

She said: “Detained men were just patted on their front and back, that’s all. The girls were forced to strip naked and crouch down.“And the next day, they were made to undress again, turning out their bras.