They forced him to sign a confession.

他们强迫他签了供状。

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Mr Abtahi's wife and daughter, ignoring warnings to remain silent, asserted that his confession had been forced.

阿布·塔西的妻子和女儿无畏于警告并始终保持沉默，断定他是被迫才认罪的。

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The court concluded that his confession had been forced.

法庭推断其供述为逼迫。

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Mr Razvozzhayev said he was abducted in Ukraine, smuggled into Russia and forced into signing a confession, which he later disavowed.

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He later said he had been forced into making the confession.

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She claimed her husband and his family forced her to make the confession and that he was the killer.

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