Human rights plummet in Ukraine, Russian-occupied territories

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Source: VOA

January 01, 2025 12:43 PM



Geneva — U.N. human rights monitors find that almost three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the human rights situation in the country and areas occupied by Russia is on a downward spiral, as military operations intensify, civilian casualties rise, and torture, summary executions and other gross violations proliferate.

“The human rights situation remains bleak with a still-rising number of civilian casualties, continued executions and torture of prisoners of war, and efforts by Russia to solidify its control of occupied Ukrainian territory,” according to the new report by the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, HRMMU.

The report, released Tuesday by the U.N. Human Rights Office, covers key developments in the human rights situation between Sept. 1 and Nov. 30, 2024. It’s based on information gathered in the course of dozens of field trips and visits to detention centers, as well as interviews with more than 800 victims and witnesses of human rights violations.

“Behind each of the facts and figures in this report are stories of loss and human suffering, showing the devastating impact of the war across Ukraine,” said HRMUU chief Danielle Bell in a statement issued from Kyiv to coincide with the release of the report.

Read more: https://www.voanews.com/a/human-rights-plummet-in-ukraine-russian-occupied-territories/7921152.html

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Link to U.N. PRESS RELEASE - Ukraine: Human rights situation remains bleak three years after Russia’s full-scale armed attack - UN report

Link to U.N. REPORT (PDF) - https://ukraine.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/2024-12/PR41%20Ukraine%202024-12-31.pdf