torture
OHCHR documented widespread practices of torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian civilian detainees by Russian armed forces
Of 38 released civilians (34 men, 4 women) interviewed by OHCHR in the mentioned period, 33 individuals reported having various forms of torture or ill-treatment inflicted on them while in detention, in order to force them to confess to having cooperated with the Ukrainian armed forces, to force them to cooperate with Russian armed forces or affiliated armed groups, or simply to intimidate them
‘Do you need a corpse?’: reportage from Izyum hospital where hundreds of civilians, including those tortured almost to death by Russians, were saved during occupation
From the beginning of the full-scale invasion and until the liberation of Izyum from the Russian occupiers, the Izyum Central Hospital did not stop working even for a day. During the month of the heaviest shelling and bombing, seven people, including a plumber, an electrician, nurses, a traumatologist and a surgeon, provided care to hundreds of injured and sick. ZMINA tells how surgeries were performed and babies were born in the basement of the dilapidated hospital, as well as how two civilians tortured almost to death by the Russians were saved here.
Ukrainian Balukh felt faint in the Crimean court
However, the judge decided to continue the court hearing...
Ukraine won the first case in the European Court related to the occupation of Luhansk
Judges have unanimously recognized that Ukraine is not responsible for the consequences of losing control over the territory of the Luhansk region
Police in Donetsk region tortured two men
One of men was kept in detention for three days and the other for one day incommunicado
The Parliament limited the entry of Crimean residents into universities only of 4 regions of the mainland Ukraine
"It took 20 minutes for the deputies to postpone for at least 10 years the issue of maintaining contacts with the peninsula and the possibility of reintegration"
Interpol ceases search for Yanukovych – National Police
Regarding the reasons for such actions on behalf of the Interpol, the Spokeperson of the National Police noted that only the General Prosecutor’s Office can provide sufficient commentary
Avdiivka is almost out of water – Head of Donetsk administration
Water in Avdiivka reservoirs is left for a maximum of two supplies..."
Unknown people stole sign of Amnesty International office in Kyiv and drew swastika on its place
Organization filed a complaint to the police
Visit of UN SPT to Ukraine’s Security Service premises: Service’s report, thoughts of human rights defenders
The delegation received unfettered and immediate access to all the SBU premises, the Security Service assures
Tortures cannot help get reliable information – research
Tortures adversely affect the personal integrity of both a victim and a law enforcement officer who uses them
Ukrainian officer describes horrors of Don Cossacks’ captivity
The prisoners were often beaten in the face with gunstocks, beaten with pallets, stabbed
OHCHR report: Life prisoners in Donetsk region subjected to mock execution for their pro-unity Ukrainian views
The detainees were severely beaten for three days with the involvement of local ‘police’ to “teach them a lesson”
Secret places of detention: What is Ukraine’s Security Service hiding from UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture?
This scandal has raised the problem of existence of SBU-controlled illegal places of detention, where people are suspected to be tortured. The problem is being put a blind eye to in Ukraine
Russian citizen Leonova says she was tortured by SBU officers
She also said she did not know any of the people who had been detained in the same case
Every second captive in Donbas tortured
According to the official data, 1,333 civilians, 27 journalists, and 38 volunteers were held captive.
Lawyers get evidence of torture on Stanislav Klykh
Thanks to the efforts of the European Court of Human Rights, the lawyers of Klykh received the outpatient registration log book and the medical records of Klykh
Human Rights Watch receives new evidence of crimes committed by Assad regime
The organization found out about 6,786 people, who had died in the prisons of Damascus in 2011-2013
