A plea for help, a placard reading, "people help us", from the roof top of a prison in Kopeysk, eastern Russia. The protest was reportedly sparked in response to fellow inmates being held in punishment cells.<br /><br />Events then turned ugly outside the prison walls where it is claimed riot police attacked a group of inmates relatives. Eight policeman were injured trying to disperse the crowd. <br />...<br />http://www.euronews.net/