International human rights organization Amnesty International has called on the Ukrainian government to investigate cases of violations of humanitarian law by members of the Ukrainian private battalions in the Donbass. It is also proposed to take these military units under stricter supervision, said the Secretary General of Amnesty International Salil Shetty, RIA " Novosti ". Just to the East there are about half a dozen battalions, which are financed from private sources. So, battalions " Aidar ", " Azov ", " Donbass ", " Dnepr-1 " and " Dnepr-2 " financed by the oligarch and the Governor Igor Kolomoisky. It Also many times been accused of sponsoring extremist groups " the Right sector. In addition, there are battalions " Ukraine ", " DND Metinvest ", " Kiev-1 ". In all of these battalions are about 4 thousand soldiers. As explained, the Secretary General of Amnesty International, he raised the issue of war crimes by members of the volunteer battalions during the meeting with Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk." We told the Prime Minister that we have messages about violations of humanitarian law Ukrainian forces such As the shelling of peaceful residents. In this situation, the Ukrainian government may investigate any such allegations of attacks against civilian population, so that against them, not stirred of war crimes cases, " said Shetty. According to Him, a human rights organization has collected dozens of violations of humanitarian law Ukrainian volunteer battalion " Aidar ". Remember, September 7, Amnesty International accused both sides in Ukraine in war crimes. The head of the organization believes that it is necessary to prosecute these cases.
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