17:52 15.08.2018

Over 180 cases of inhuman treatment recorded in Crimea since its occupation by Russia - CrimeaSOS

2 min read

KYIV. Aug 15 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Some 181 cases of inhuman treatment of people, including 55 cases of torture, have been recorded on the Crimean peninsula since the beginning of its occupation by Russia and until June 2018, Head of NGO CrimeaSOS Tamila Tasheva has said.

"The organization CrimeaSOS recorded 181 cases of inhuman treatment of inhabitants of the peninsula from the moment of annexation to June 2018, and in 55 cases it was torture. There were many cases of the failure to provide necessary medical assistance, beating by representatives of law enforcement agencies [at least 22 people, including film director Oleh Sentsov], shock electric torture [in particular, Hennadiy Afanasyev]," she said at a press conference at the Kyiv-based Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Wednesday.

According to her, due to the fact that the territory of Crimea is closed to international organizations, such cases are just "the tip of the iceberg."

"Not so long ago, the Russian Federation reported to the UN Committee Against Torture, and it made fairly tough conclusions on the Russian Federation," the human rights activist said.

Tasheva also said that, for example, torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners were more actively used in Kerch penal colony No. 2 after Russia's occupation of Crimea.

Murad Aliyev, a political prisoner of Kerch penal colony No. 2, spoke at the press conference about his stay in this institution and torture used against him and other prisoners.

AD
Milk
AD
AD
AD
AD