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Документування воєнних злочинів в Україні.
Глобальна ініціатива T4P (Трибунал для Путіна) була створена у відповідь на повномасштабну агресію Росії проти України у лютому 2022 року. Учасники ініціативи документують події, у яких є ознаки злочинів згідно з Римським статутом Міжнародного кримінального суду (геноцид, злочини проти людяності, воєнні злочини) в усіх регіонах України

Dangerous anonymity

16.12.2013   
OZON, the civic initiative monitoring freedom of peaceful assembly has observed small groups of men apparently in police uniform but with only the word police itself, with no way of identifying either the unit that the person is from or the person’s name and rank

Given the evidence that police and elite special force officers have been brought into Kyiv in the last couple of days, any police anonymity becomes especially unacceptable.  OZON, the civic initiative monitoring freedom of peaceful assembly has observed small groups of men apparently in police uniform but with only the word police itself, with no way of identifying either the unit that the person is from or the person’s name and rank.

The Centre for Civil Liberties which OZON is part of has written to the Prosecutor General, Viktor Pshonka,   

It reports sightings by OZON monitors of 3 men on one occasion, four on another, where the only thing that can be identified is that the men are from the police.  The Centre points out that this is in breach of the relevant Interior Ministry Order from 2002 (No. 536) which specifies the means required for enabling recognition of specific officers and units.

Interestingly, when the OZON monitors pointed out the infringement, the officers said that they were from the Department for State Security (responsible for guarding the president and other top officials).  In that case they are in serious breach of the law since the structure is completely separate and they should not be wearing any police signs.

Oleh Martynenko from OZON does not believe there to be any particular subterfuge and says that such sloppiness is typical.  In present circumstances, especially during a weekend where there were mass pro-European integration “EuroMaidan” and counter- pro-government – demonstrations, it is of particularly critical importance that police can be identified. 

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