KIEV, Ukraine–Clad in the blue and yellow of Ukraine’s national flag, Irina Dovgan stood on a street of the rebel-held city of Donetsk as passersby punched, kicked and spat on her, sometimes crushing tomatoes in her bruised face.
Days later, the 52-year-old still has the bruises from her time spent in the custody of the separatists, accused of acting as an artillery spotter for the Ukrainian army, subjected to battery in private, and public humiliation.
Freed after four days, when international media turned the spotlight on her plight, she has now taken refuge with friends in Kiev, unsure whether she …read more
Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer
