UN Records Surge in Human Rights Violations by Ukrainian Law Enforcement
16:47 27.06.2023 (Updated: 16:59 27.06.2023)
© AP Photo / Felipe Dana / Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) servicemen enter a building during an operation to arrest suspected Russian collaborators in Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Russia's Ambassador to the UN earlier pointed out that the collective West has become an accomplice of war crimes in Ukraine, as it keeps providing the Kiev regime with more and deadlier weapons.
The United Nations has recorded a significant increase in law violations by Ukrainian security forces since start of Russia’s special military operation, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said in a report on Tuesday.
"Since 24 February 2022, OHCHR has documented a significant increase in violations of the right to liberty and security of person by Ukrainian security forces. Out of the overall number of such cases, OHCHR documented 75 cases 92 of arbitrary detention of civilians (17 women, 57 men and 1 boy), some of which also amounted to enforced disappearances, mostly perpetrated by law enforcement authorities or the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the report read.
According to the report, dozens of civilians were tortured "in official pre-trial detention facilities"
