MENU
Documenting
war crimes in Ukraine

The Tribunal for Putin (T4P) global initiative was set up in response to the all-out war launched by Russia against Ukraine in February 2022.

Similar articles

Izyaslav Penal Colony events to be followed upReal terrorists free to act while Russian FSB tortures political prisoners for 'good statistics' Ukrainian POW sentenced to life for defending Mariupol in brutal Russian replay of fake occupation court ‘trial’ Russia tortures more Ukrainian POWs and sentences them en masse to 27 years for defending UkraineRussians abduct 18-year-old from occupied Nova Kakhovka and torture out ‘confession to spying’ UN report demolishes Russia’s attempts to blame Ukrainian POWs for its atrocities in Mariupol Russia’s supreme court rejects proof of innocence in favour of tortured-out ‘confession’ from Ukrainian human rights defender and POWReshat Ametov and 10 years of Russia’s systematic torture, abductions and killings of civilians for supporting Ukraine Russia passes huge conveyor belt sentences against Ukrainians tortured for propaganda videos Russia abducts, tortures and ‘sentences’ disabled Ukrainian to 16 years on legally absurd charges Ukrainian priest abducted and tortured to death in Russian-occupied Kherson oblast Ukrainian journalist abducted, tortured and sentenced to 13 years for writing about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Russian FSB tortures three Ukrainians for ‘saboteur plot’ arrests in occupied Crimea Russia sharply increases charges against Ukrainian sportsman tortured into ‘confessing’ to rail sabotageRussia tortures nine Ukrainians from Kherson for grotesque ‘international terrorism trial’ Kherson IT specialist abducted, tortured and sentenced in Russian-occupied Ukraine to 11 years for trying to get his family to safety Russia had at least 28 torture chambers in Kharkiv oblast, imprisoning and torturing even schoolchildrenOpenly faked ‘evidence in Russia’s ‘trial’ of tortured Ukrainian abducted from occupied MelitopolUkraine sentences ‘chief butcher’ of Russian-controlled Izolyatsia secret torture prison to 15 yearsRussia ‘retries’ Ukrainian doctor abducted, tortured and imprisoned for six years in occupied Donbas

Human rights activists wish to check the activities of special enforcement units (riot police, etc)

07.05.2006    source: www.helsinki.org.ua
Worrying reports of special subdivisions being deployed in some penal institutions, subjecting prisoners to violence and humilation

Recently the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union and other human rights organizations have received complaints concerning the inclusion in different penal institutions under the State Department on Penal Matters of supplementary subdivisions (possibly OMON – riot squads), whose officers wear masks and are equipped with special devices.  These subdivisions engage in cruel and humiliating activities. According to reports from prisoners, members of these units have applied unwarranted and unacceptable violence, force inmates to perform exhausting and humiliating exercises, while those who do not obey the orders of members of the units are beaten, including with clubs, or thrown into punishment isolation cells. Despite the fact that some prisoners have needed emergency medical attention, none was provided. The activities of these units also involved causing damage and stealing personal items belonging to prisoners.

With regard to this, in April 2006 the UHHRU sent a letter to the President of Ukraine, the Prime Minister, the Prosecutor General of Ukraine, the Minister of Internal Affairs, the State Department on Penal Matters and the Human Rights Ombudsperson calling for a commission to be formed with the participation of nongovernmental organizations to investigate the legality of creating such supplementary subdivisions in penal institutions and of the activities of such units.

Human rights activists are also asking that members of the commission be given the authority to speak on a confidential basis with prisoners.

Separate demands were also put to the Prosecutor General of Ukraine calling for adequate measures to be taken to ensure the safety of prisoners who have provided or intend to provide information about the activities of supplementary subdivisions created in institutions within the State Department on Penal Matters in April 2006.

 Share this