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Russia committing 'grave human rights violations' in Crimea UN
A UN probe has found that Russian officials in Crimea committed serious rights abuses, including the deportation and torture of prisoners. Investigators also documented crackdowns on Ukrainian citizenship and culture.
The UN human rights agency warned on Monday that the human rights situation in Crimea had "significantly deteriorated" in the three-and-a-half years since Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine.
The UN's report, presented in Geneva, chronicled alleged instances of arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment and torture, and at least one extra-judicial execution.
"There is an urgent need for accountability for human rights violations and abuses and for providing the victims with redress," said UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.
The UN human rights agency warned on Monday that the human rights situation in Crimea had "significantly deteriorated" in the three-and-a-half years since Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine.
The UN's report, presented in Geneva, chronicled alleged instances of arbitrary arrests and detentions, enforced disappearances, ill-treatment and torture, and at least one extra-judicial execution.
"There is an urgent need for accountability for human rights violations and abuses and for providing the victims with redress," said UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.
http://www.dw.com/en/russia-committing-grave-human-rights-violations-in-crimea-un/a-40676593
