The report prepared by the United Nations (UN) documented the executions of Russian forces against civilians in Ukraine. “We documented the extrajudicial executions of 77 civilians while they were arbitrarily detained by the Russian Federation,” Maltilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Watch Mission, said at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland. she said.
Noting that there is evidence of “widespread torture and ill-treatment of civilian detainees” by Russian forces, Bogner said that “torture was used to force victims to confess that they were helping the Ukrainian Armed Forces, to cooperate with the occupying authorities, or to intimidate those with pro-Ukrainian views.” .
Noting that they documented that more than half of the 75 people arbitrarily detained by the Ukrainian forces were tortured or ill-treated by the Ukrainian security forces, Bogner said, “This happened while people were being questioned or usually just after they were arrested.” said.
“THE MAJORITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WERE COMMITTED BY RUSSIA”
It was stated in the report that 72 of those killed by Russian forces were men and 5 were women, and another detained man died due to torture, inhumane conditions and denial of medical care. In the report, it was also stated that Ukraine violated international law by arresting civilians, but on a much smaller scale, and it was stated that there were no signs of extrajudicial executions of civilian detainees by Ukrainian forces.
In the report, which stated that more than 900 cases of arbitrary detention of civilians, including children and the elderly, were documented, it was noted that the vast majority of these human rights violations were committed by Russia. The report said that in 91 percent of these cases, detainees were subjected to “torture and ill-treatment, including sexual violence” by Russian interrogators.
Most of those arrested by Ukrainian security forces are suspected of conflict-related crimes, the report said.
LIFE BODY OF MORE THAN 400 CIVILS REACHED IN BUCHA
While Russia denied that it committed crimes against humanity and war in Ukraine, in April 2022, the bodies of more than 400 civilians were found in Bucha, near the capital of Ukraine, Kiev. Last March, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for suspected war crimes. (UAV)