The Medvedchuk: Ukrainian authorities to hide from the Citizens the truth about the victims ATO
The Ukrainian authorities are hiding from their people the real facts about the victims of the ATO, said the Leader of the public movement " Ukrainian choice " Viktor Medvedchuk.
The Medvedchuk in its published on the Internet organization, recalled that in accordance with the fifth report of the office of the high Commissioner of the United Nations human rights only from July 16 to August 17 in the area of the ATO lost their lives, more than 1,200 people.
" for example, in the UN report acknowledges that " the responsibility for at least some of the loss lies with the Ukrainian armed forces ". Indiscriminate shelling, built for export residents " safe " corridors trapped close to the combat zone, all this became a cause of death, just and peaceful population, " writes Mr Medvedchuk.
The leader of the " Ukrainian choice " also said that the office of the high Commissioner of the United Nations on human rights urged Kiev to strengthen supervision over the battalions in the area of the ATO, the most in light of the expansion of the powers of the security forces in the Donbass.
in addition, Medvedchuk said that the report draws attention to the approval of the Ukrainian parliamentarians laws that conflict with international standards in the field of human rights, for example, on the extension of the powers of the Prosecutor and pre-trial detention period for suspects.
" it is sad that high-ranking Ukrainian officials are doing everything to hide the true state of things and misinform people. All of the victims and the destruction they blame only one side of the conflict, " says the Leader of the public movement.
According to Medvedchuk, about the real situation of Ukrainians have the opportunity to learn only from messages combatants and correspondents independent media, causing a wave of popular discontent. Thus, information about the conditions in which participants are ATO, was the reason for organizing pickets outside the President's administration and staff.
" in Kyiv must understand that to install the information blockade is impossible nowadays. Ukrainians eventually learn about the real situation in the East of the country due to the activities of Russian and international organizations. But the reputation of the Kiev authorities in the eyes of Ukrainians, world brotherhood will suffer irreparable harm, " he added, Medvedchuk.