Original sentence: A criminal case was opened but was subsequently closed.According to Memorial, it was closed because there were no violations of a criminal code.In 2006 Baranov was found guilty of having ordering a summary execution of a Chechen detainee by the European Court of Human Rights , while the existence of zindan prisoner holding pits in Chechnya has been claimed by the human rights group Memorial based on publication of March 7, 2000 in Itogi magazine weekly’s issue.This publication carried a photo of such zindan guarded by people in military uniform
Edited sentence: In 2006 Baranov was found guilty of having ordering a summary execution of a Chechen detainee by the European Court of Human Rights , while the existence of zindan prisoner holding pits in Chechnya has been confirmed and documented by the human rights groups such as Memorial