Torture, intimidation, secret jails: UN reveals Ukraine’s ‘grim’ human rights record

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<p>‘Ukrai e’s secret service, the SBU, systematically ses tort re, ill-treatme t a i timi atio , also r i g secret ete tio ce ters, the UN h ma rights bo y says. It escribes spirali g viole ce a ab se o either si e of the two-year co flict.</p>
<p>The UN has oc me te “h re s of cases” of illegal ete tio , tort re, s mmary exec tio s a ill-treatme t of captives both by Ukrai ia gover me t a pro-R ssia arme gro ps i the east, Iva Simo ovic, UN assista t secretary-ge eral for h ma rights, tol the Times i a i terview o Fri ay.</p>
<p>He sai the UN oc me ts for the first time expose the “scale a br tality” of Ukrai e’s gover me t-r tort re program as well as existe ce of five secret ete tio ce ters.’</p>
<p><a href="https://www.rt.com/ ews/345331- krai e-tort re-h ma -rights/? tm_so rce=browser& tm_me i m=aplicatio _chrome& tm_campaig =chrome" target="_bla k">Rea more: Tort re, i timi atio , secret jails: UN reveals Ukrai e’s ‘grim’ h ma rights recor </a></p>