Saturday, July 12, 2014

Amnesty International: Abduction And Torture Is Rampant In Eastern Ukraine



Amnesty: Abduction, Torture Rampant in Eastern Ukraine -- Voice of America

LONDON — Human rights group Amnesty International says dozens of people in eastern Ukraine have been abducted and tortured by armed pro-Russian separatist groups in recent months. Ukrainian government forces are also accused of abuses.

Several weeks after she was abducted and tortured, pro-Ukrainian activist Hannah still wears bandages to treat her wounds.

She was kidnapped from her Donetsk apartment by pro-Russian separatists and taken away blindfolded. Hannah describes what happened.

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More News On Amnesty International's Report That Abduction And Torture Is Becoming Rampant in Eastern Ukraine

Ukraine: Mounting evidence of abduction and torture -- Amnesty International
Human Rights Group Sees Growing Proof of Abductions, Torture in Ukraine -- New York Times/Reuters
Ukraine: Report exposes 'stomach-turning' violence -- BBC
Amnesty: abduction and torture grip eastern Ukraine -- Deutsche Welle
Ukraine Rights Abuses Flagged Up By Amnesty -- SKY News
Amnesty Report Says Abductions, Torture Rising In East Ukraine -- Radio Free Europe
Ukraine: abductions, beatings and torture – Amnesty International report -- Euronews
Ukraine Crisis: Hundreds Abducted and Subjected 'to Stomach-Turning Beatings' -- IBTimes

My Comment: I first heard of these reports in March .... intimidation, beatings, abductions, being purged from your government job, killings .... but it was happening in Kiev and Western Ukraine not eastern Ukraine. When the fighting started in April in eastern Ukraine .... this cycle of violence then shifted into that region. When I heard of a pro-Ukrainian elected official was kidnapped and murdered in April .... that is when I knew that this conflict was entering a very dark place. My biggest fear has always been that sectarianism and ethnic cleansing would be the result of this conflict .... I would now say that for Ukraine we are now at the first stage of this nightmare.

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