🧵Just finished reading a horrific report on torture and confinement in the Ukrainian occupied territories, compiled by Danish rights group Dignity, and several Ukrainian NGOs.
-The report finds that in c. 100 police stations Russia took over, torture chambers were “ubiquitous”
-The report finds that in c. 100 police stations Russia took over, torture chambers were “ubiquitous”
The report is based on hundreds of incidents:
- Under occupation, colonies became hellholes as wardens with black skull chevrons marched through the corridors:
They tortured inmates, in one case shouting: “We’ll show you Europe!”
Civilians and prisoners of war were placed in jail and also tortured:
In more than one facility, inmates were beaten while wearing gas masks that filled with blood:
One factory, in Vovchansk, was turned into a “concentration camp” according to its deputy manager.
Elsewhere, prisoners were reportedly beaten for demanding water or medical care:
In one case, guards shot a prisoner to death. And then did not remove his dismembered body for hours. As his cellmates sat beside fragments of skull etc.
In and of itself, the *majority of cases* of detention in the occupied territories amounted to cruel and inhuman treatment; a war crime, according to the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
dignity.dk/wp-content/upl…
The full report can be found here 🖕👆It was presented at an OSCE side event earlier this week. /FIN.
The full report can be found here 🖕👆It was presented at an OSCE side event earlier this week. /FIN.
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