The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine on Tuesday launched a report which particulars the arbitrary detention, torture, and occasional killing of civilians by Russian armed forces within the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The report describes the Russian Federation’s widespread apply of arbitrarily detaining civilians in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. The UN monitoring mission documented 864 particular person instances of arbitrary civilian detention by Russian forces, for causes including “their perceived assist of Ukraine, their standing as former Ukrainian servicepersons, or their perceived political opinion or affiliation.” The report additionally notes 75 instances wherein civilians had been arbitrarily detained by Ukrainian armed forces.
The UN Human Rights Workplace of the Excessive Commissioner alleges of their report that “many civilian detainees had been held incommunicado, in unofficial locations of detention, typically in deplorable situations,” which at occasions included being transferred to different occupied areas in Ukraine or to Russia.
The report additional describes instances wherein civilians had been tortured and ill-treated by Russian forces throughout their detention. It additionally particulars the abstract execution of 77 civilians whereas they had been arbitrarily detained by the Russian Federation.
The UN report displays a seamless trend of worldwide humanitarian legislation violations by Russian forces over the course of the invasion of Ukraine, which has been extensively documented by human rights teams and worldwide observers. The UN has repeatedly criticized Russia for its disregard of the Geneva Conventions and of civilian casualties, and organizations reminiscent of Human Rights Watch have highlighted widespread mistreatment of prisoners of conflict in the course of the battle.
Source / Picture: jurist.org
