Report suggests torture widespread in war-torn Ukraine
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MOSCOW- A new report released on Thursday condemned both Ukrainian authorities and separatist rebels for wide-spread torture and detentions of civilians in the country's east torn by a separatist war.
The joint report by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch says both the Ukrainian government and Russia-backed separatists have committed enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions and torture of civilians. Researchers based their findings on 40 interviews with victims.
"Torture and secret detention are not historical - or unknown - practices in Ukraine," Denis Krivosheyev, deputy director for Europe and Central Asia at Amnesty International, said in a statement. "They are taking place right now, on both sides of the conflict."
