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

No more tolerance to Putin’s regime! UN records 32 summary executions by Russia of Ukrainian prisoners of war since December Real 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’ Crimean Solidarity activist and political prisoner in critical condition in Russian prison hospital 9.5-year sentence minus 1 month for affirming that Crimea is Ukraine and Russia an illegal invader Russia tortures more Ukrainian POWs and sentences them en masse to 27 years for defending UkraineRenowned Crimean Solidarity journalist convicted of 'abusing' freedom of mass information in Russian-occupied Crimea 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 POWRussia uses Siberia for maximum vengeance against imprisoned Crimean Tatar journalist Remzi Bekirov and his family Ukrainian journalist and former editor abducted from Russian-occupied Henichesk Absence of law and international controlCrimean Solidarity journalist and activists arrested, their families terrorized, in new Russian offensive against Crimean Tatars Reshat Ametov and 10 years of Russia’s systematic torture, abductions and killings of civilians for supporting Ukraine Russia-Ukraine war: what does filtration mean?Sentenced to 17 years in Siberia for opposing Russia's invasion and affirming that Crimea is Ukraine Son of Crimean Tatar political prisoner dies, deprived by Russia of his father in life and in deathArmed raid and surreal charges in Russian attempt to silence renowned Crimean Tatar journalist and Crimean Solidarity coordinator Lutfiye Zutfiyeva Russia imports its own citizens, drives out Crimean Tatars, other Ukrainians to claim its 'right' to Crimea

Donetsk Memorial: Police still beat detainees with impunity

19.05.2010    source: www.dw-world.de
The police continue to beat people, even applying new forms and methods of beating, while the Prosecutor’s Office is good at finding ways of not bringing police officers to answer

Prisoners in Ukraine remain quite restricted in their access to legal aid, the human rights NGO Donetsk Memorial states in its annual Report on Prisoners’ Rights.

The report analyzes the level to which law enforcement officers observe the rights of detainees and people remanded in custody. Oleksandr Bukalov, Head of Donetsk Memorial, reports some progress for the first time in the work of penal institutions. The conditions are gradually improving and personnel try to observe standards in treatment of prisoners. However funding of these institutions remains a problem.

Individuals are defenceless against the police

The improvements however are nothing compared to the fact that the police continue to beat people, even applying new forms and methods of beating, Mr Bukalov told the Ukrainian Service of Deutsche Welle. He adds that the Prosecutor’s Office is good at finding ways of not bringing police officers to answer. “Innocent people are grabbed, beaten and only later do they establish whether they’re guilty or not. And they do this with impunity”.

According to Donetsk Memorial’s information, one in five police officers questioned, for example, in the Donetsk region, said that they could not carry out their duties without violating human rights.

Mr Bukalov reports that there can be no accurate statistics regarding such lawless behaviour by the police, however approximate estimates suggest that there are hundreds of thousands of cases per year throughout Ukraine. Although there is a trend downwards, in view of the overall figures, the situation remains worrying.

From a report by Karina Ohanesian at http://dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,5586463,00.html

 Share this