Independence Square in Kiev in February 2014 following mass protests. Credit: Natalia Kravchuk/IPSBy Kitty StappUNITED NATIONS, Jun 1 2015 (IPS)The civilian population in Ukraine continues to suffer serious human rights abuses, intimidation and harassment by armed groups, including summary executions, as well as torture and ill-treatment by authorities in detention, according to the latest report from the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine released Monday.For more than a year, a climate of insecurity and impunity has prevailed in Ukraine, says the report, where at least 6,417 people have died in the conflict.Accountability for gross human rights violations committed during …read more
Source: Inter Press Service
