International rights group are raising the alarm about secret detentions in Ukraine.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch published a report this summer detailing the use of torture and secret detentions by both the Ukrainian government and the Russia-backed separatist rebels it is fighting in the country’s east.
The two groups said Monday that 13 people have been released from a Security Service of Ukraine compound since the report came out. The groups said, however, that five people are still being secretly detained in a government compound in the city of Kharkiv.
Monday’s statement said the release of 13 people “confirms …read more
Source: Voice of America
