Why was considered normal “squeeze” the property from the separatist?
Fighting in eastern Ukraine led to a significant deterioration of the situation with human rights, including, new extraordinary precedent that did not previously exist in Ukraine. This was stated by the human rights activist, member of the Board of the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and the head of Evgeniy Zaharov the Kharkiv Human Rights Group, in an interview , “Gromadska” .
Zakharov said that the first cases of human rights violations related to the situation in the Donbas is to start from the militants, who were persecuted, detained, tortured and killed patriotic citizens. Subsequently, this led to the fact that the Ukrainian military began to use similar methods.
“In response to some of our volunteer teams to see this attitude, we began to operate symmetrically. Torture of prisoners took place, and some were tortured to death. Also killed prisoners. It came into use words such as “pressing”. Why was considered normal “squeeze” the property from separatist, if the separatists. Car, home pick up. This is not a crime if it is an enemy, “- said Zakharov.
The human rights activist noted that a significant part of society “meaningful or not it supports violence against the separatists.”
In addition to Ukrainian volunteer battalions, disturbances in the form of torture is also used employees of the Security Service, as evidenced by the reports Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights and the report of the Human Rights Defenders Amnesty international and Human rights watch.
According to Zakharov said that the Ombudsman’s report says that the greatest number of complaints (39%) related to the use of torture was applied in respect of the SBU.
“The Security Service torture detainees, it is not known where they are kept. In fact, according to the law of the SBU, and in the law on pre-trial detention was not a word about the fact that SBU can have investigative detention centers. If they are, then they are illegal, “- he stressed.
Zakharov also mentioned that persons detained in connection with allegations of investigative jurisdiction of the SBU, is charged with terrorism, separatism gosizmenui.
Sourse, 28/11/2016
