As a method of terror Russian forces continue to kidnap Ukrainian local politicians, journalists and civic activists in all towns and cities since the beginning of Russia’s .Victims are feared tortured and possibly murdered. khpg.org/en/1608810316
The recently discovered Russian atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine spotlight Putin's inhumanity.
But the ongoing Russian brutal kidnapping and disappearance of around 30 Ukrainian local politicians, journalists and civic activists in all towns and cities since the beginning of Russia’s invasion has received virtually no attention in the Western media.
The list of kidnapped and disappeared continues to grow.
Many of them have medical conditions that make their imprisonment, let alone the likely torture they are facing potentially life-threatening.
Many of them have medical conditions that make their imprisonment, let alone the likely torture they are facing potentially life-threatening.
The Zmina Human Rights Centre has prepared a video with details of those abducted up till the end of 28 March. They ask for help in circulating information about these abducted civilians, using the hashtag #TheTaken.
The importance of publicity cannot be overstated. Russia brought enforced disappearances as a method of terror to occupied Crimea and Donbas, and a number of activists and others have never been found.
It is vital that Russia fails to repeat this in other parts of Ukraine. Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group reports.
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