Yelyzaveta Sokurenko
Illegal detention, torture and ill-treatment of the civilian population of Ukraine: similarity of the practices of committing crimes in the regions occupied by Russia in 2022
This document analyzes the testimonies of 20 victims of illegal detention, torture and ill-treatment, collected by the method of in-depth interviews. Interviews were conducted according to the methodology developed on the basis of international standards for monitoring the observance of human rights and the Istanbul Protocol. Warning: the publication contains naturalistic descriptions of incidents or […]
“85% of men will pass through this detention centre”: analysis of the testimonies of those detained in the district police department during the occupation of Kupiansk
The purpose of this report is a detailed study of the illegal detention of civilians in the temporary detention centre of the Kupiansk district police department. The document singles out the categories of persons who were subjected to illegal detention, analyzes the circumstances and grounds of such detention, the conditions of stay in the illegal […]
Torture chamber at school: an analysis of the testimonies of detainees in the village of Bilyayivka, Kherson region
The purpose of this analysis is a detailed study of the illegal detention of civilians in the premises of the Biliaivsky educational complex «Secondary school – preschool educational institution (nursery–kindergarten) of I–III degrees’’ during the occupation of the village of Bilyayivka by the Russian Armed Forces of the Novooleksandrivka rural community of the Beryslav district […]
“Women’s cells” of Kherson torture chamber: analytical report based on the testimonies of detainees
The report analyses all stages of the confinement of women by representatives of the Russian Federation in Temporary detention center (TDC) No. 1 of the Main Department of the National Police in Kherson Region, located at 3 Teploenerhetykiv Street, during the occupation of the city of Kherson, in particular, the circumstances and reasons for detention, […]
