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Ukraine: prisons in the war
Dozens of Ukrainian prisons are under the control of Russian forces. Prisoners can hear the bombing from their closed cells. What is the fate of ordinary prisoners during the conflict?
Russia/Ukraine: Prisoners of war must be protected from public curiosity under Geneva Convention
In recent days, the Ukrainian authorities have brought Russian prisoners of war to press conferences to discuss their roles in the military invasion, and videos on social media have also shown captured soldiers contacting family members in Russia. Videos of captured Ukrainian soldiers have also app…Source — Amnesty International
Ukraine: prisoners with combat experience will be released to help defend the nation against Russian invasion
Zelensky said the decision was ‘not easy from the moral point of view’but he stressed that the defence of the nation was now the highest priority.Source — The Daily Mail
Ukraine: The prison population should be included in evacuation plans
A Ukrainian organisation defending human rights shares its concerns regarding the situation of prisoners.Source — OMCT
Ukraine : Un ancien détenu d’une prison secrète du Donbass raconte
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Ukraine: COVID-19 has reached prisons
On 11 March, the Ukrainian government announced a nationwide quarantine, and at the same time its Ministry of Justice changed the rules governing the work of pre-trial detention centres and prison colonies. Meetings with families were banned (video links were permitted) and both staff and inmates h…Source — openDemocracy
Ukraine: los presos votan en la segunda vuelta de las elecciones presidenciales
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Ukraine's decrepit prisons languish despite promised reform
KIEV: Around 20 men are crammed into the foul-smelling cell, where cockroaches wander across the walls and barred windows.Source — The Time of India
Ukraine: monitoring visit in Lviv prison
On October 4th, 2017. Prison Insider’s correspondent, Ukraine Without Torture, together with employees from the Secretariat of the Ombudsman undertook a monitoring visit of the Lychakiv correctional center (No. 30). The center is located in the Lviv Oblast (West Ukraine) and holds about 600 prisone…Source — Ukraine Without Torture
Ukraine: guards and prisoners victims of an outdated system
The prosecutor’s office informed, on the 17th of August, that a detainee had killed and dismembered an inspector from the State Prison Service at the Odessa Pre-trial Detention Center (SIZO) No. 21. The murder occurred in the SIZO economic block where the prisoner was working.Source — Ukraine Without Torture
Ukraine: anti-torture committee concerned about police ill-treatment and poor conditions of detention of remand and life-sentenced prisoners
In the report on its November 2016 visit to Ukraine, published today, the Council of Europe’s Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) expresses serious concern about the frequency of allegations of ill-treatment by police officers (such as slap…Source — Council of Europe
Ukraine: SBU detains corrupt head of penal coloy in Zhytomyr region
The SBU Security Service of Ukraine together with the Military Prosecutor’s Office have detained a deputy chief of a penal colony in Zhytomyr region for systematic bribery by taking money from prisoners’ relatives, the SBU reported.Source — UNIAN
Ukraine: Rada on its way to amend so-called "Savchenko law"
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the first reading the amendments to Article 72 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine on a calculation of prison term actually served by convicts, as the UNIAN correspondent.Source — UNIAN
En Ukraine de l'Est, les prisons se transforment peu à peu en goulags
Un récent rapport de l’ONG de protection des droits de l’homme Eastern Human Rights Group a dénoncé les conditions de vie des 5 000 prisonniers qui peuplent les établissements pénitentiaires de l’Est de l’Ukraine, dans les oblasts de Louhansk et Donetsk. Depuis la sécession de ces territoires en 20…Source — Atlantico
Ukrainian wars prisoners languish in limbo on both sides
Just three days after Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Lazarenko was taken prisoner in the war in Ukraine’s east, a peace agreement was signed under which the sides agreed to an “all-for-all” prisoner exchange. A year and a half later, his wife still waits desperately for his return.Source — Daily mail
Ukraine : la torture dans les prisons secrètes
This article is not available in English. If you wish, you can consult the French version.Source — RFI
Ukraine: veto on amnesty
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko vetoed the law “On amnesty in 2016”. This as an expected decision – even at the early stages, there were rumors at Bankova Street that the Ukrainian leader will go for such step: the bill was drafted very poorly.Source — UNIAN
Ukraine’s security services and rebels are said to be equals in torture
A report by two leading human rights groups released on Thursday accuses Ukraine’s Western-backed security services of practicing abuse and torture in a manner similar to that of the rebel groups they are fighting.Source — New York Times
Eastern Ukraine : arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, and torture
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch investigated in detail nine cases of arbitrary, prolonged detention of civilians by the Ukrainian authorities in informal detention sites and nine cases of arbitrary,prolonged detention of civilians by Russia-backed separatists. This report details cases…Source — Amnesty International
Ukraine : Amnesty dénonce une prison secrète
Selon un rapport réalisé par Amnesty International et l’ONG Human Rights Watch, présenté jeudi, plusieurs dizaines de personnes ont été ou sont toujours arbitrairement détenues dans un centre situé dans le nord-est du pays.Source — Libération, Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch
U.N. suspends torture inquiry in Ukraine
A group of United Nations inspectors investigating allegations of torture in Ukraine has suspended its work, the team’s leader said this week, citing a lack of cooperation from government security services.Source — The New York Times
Ukraine liquidates its State Penitentiary Service amid reform
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has approved the reform of the State Penitentiary Service, according to an UNIAN correspondent.Source — UNIAN
