1. Investigation Redux: New Videos Appear and with Them a New Mystery
There is significant circumstantial evidence indicating that at least two of the Russian men depicted torturing Hamdi Bouta at the al-Shaer plant in the video ...
2. The Grisly Cult of the Wagner Group's Sledgehammer - The Intercept
Feb 2, 2023 · Wagner Group mercenaries gesture to the video camera filming the brutal torture and killing of Hamadi Bouta, a Syrian Army deserter in 2017 ...
The tool Russian Wagner Group mercenaries used to kill a Syrian army deserter and others has become a violent meme, similar to the Punisher logo in the U.S.
3. Inquiry into the Murder of Hamdi Bouta and Wagner Group Operations at ...
The fifth section dissects the videos of Bouta's killing and related digital data that unearthed connections with a Russian PMSC contingent linked to war crimes ...
4. A Syrian Army Deserter Was Savagely Killed by Putin's Wagner. Now His ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Hamadi Bouta, a Syrian army deserter, was savagely beaten to death and mutilated on camera by soldiers of the notorious Wagner Group in eastern Syria in 2017.
A Syrian army deserter was savagely beaten to death and mutilated on camera by the Wagner Group . Now his family wants justice.
5. Opinion: A bunch of thugs so vicious they filmed themselves setting fire ...
Feb 28, 2022 · The man was Hamadi Bouta, a deserter from the Syrian army. His torturers were employees of the notorious Wagner Group, a private military ...
Professor Mark Galeotti (UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies) gives his opinion on the mercenary squad ‘tasked with assassinating Zelensky and 23 other Ukrainian leaders’.
6. In Syria, A Mutilated Corpse, Video Evidence, And New Scrutiny For ...
Nov 21, 2019 · MOSCOW -- The graphic video shows four men in camouflage gear exchanging jokes in unaccented Russian as they pour flammable liquid over a ...
Novaya Gazeta said it has identified perpetrators of a gruesome 2017 murder of a Syrian defector. It ties them to Vagner, a shadowy mercenary group widely believed to be spearheading the expansion of Russian influence across Africa and the Middle East.
7. New Report Exposes Brutal Methods of Russia's Wagner Group
Jun 11, 2020 · The shaky cell phone footage taken at al-Shaer gas plant near Palmyra, Syria, shows a Syrian man, who was known to friends and family as Hamdi Bouta, lying on ...
How a shady network of operatives serves as the tip of the spear in Russia’s global influence efforts with almost no accountability.
8. Wagner had a golden rule. When its founder Dmitry Utkin broke it ... - ABC
Sep 1, 2023 · So when a video of a Syrian army defector named Hamadi Bouta being tortured and murdered with sledgehammers surfaced online in 2017 ...
While Yevgeny Prigozhin hogged the limelight, Wagner's founder Dmitry Utkin called shots in the shadows — in 2021, he broke the group's golden rule and lawyers saw their chance.
9. Holding Wagner to Account for Russian Abuses in Syria
Mar 28, 2022 · The video was widely circulated in 2019 after an extensive version ... Hamadi Bouta, was published online. Following an extensive ...
On the tenth anniversary of the Syrian revolution last year, a complaint against the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner was filed in Russian courts, the first case ever brought against the group. Almost a year later, the court found that the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, which had the power to open an investigation into the torture and murder of a Syrian civilian by members of the Wagner Group, was not obligated to take action.
10. Wagner Group Paramilitaries Accused of Torture and Beheading in ...
Mar 15, 2021 · ... video emerged of man in Syria being beaten with a ... At this point, members of the group Bouta was traveling with notified Bouta's ...
The Kremlin-backed Wagner Group will be exposed to legal proceedings for the first time after video emerged of man in Syria being beaten with a sledgehammer and then beheaded.
11. War profiteer profile: Wagner Group | War Resisters' International
Jul 12, 2023 · In 2017, a video showing the brutal torture and murder of Hamadi Bouta, a Syrian Army deserter, by members of the Wagner Group was released.
CONTENT WARNING: this article makes references to sexual violence, torture, and other details that some readers may find upsetting. The Wagner Group is a Russian paramilitary organisation founded in 2014 by former GRU officer Dmitry Utkin and businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, and has been described as “one of Russia’s most influential foreign policy tools”. Since its founding, Wagner Group has become known for its readiness to use extreme levels of violence and brutality during its operations.
12. Mercenary Territory: Part Dos - POLITICS The Lede
The Syrian Army deserter's name was Hamadi Bouta. Wagner ... They sent the video around on WhatsApp and the video was eventually sent to Hamadi's family.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner private military force, reportedly has died in a suspicious plane crash. Why did it take so long?
13. [PDF] Appendix C: Sensitive Images - Warning Shows Extreme Violence
Jun 30, 2017 · ... hamdi-bouta/. Figure 11: Still frame from Video B depicting assailant using a spade to dismember the victim. Military entrenching tools are ...