Return From captivity the militiamen of Luhansk people's Republic told about them used violent methods of interrogation and torture from Ukrainian security forces, said on the first day of the week Deputy chief of staff of the people's militia LNR Igor Yashchenko.
"Our Soldiers Returning From captivity, told about used violent methods of interrogation and torture by soldiers of the APU (armed forces of Ukraine ? approx. OPINION) and employees of the Kharkov SBU (security Service of Ukraine) ", - has told RIA "news" Yashchenko.
according to his statement, Returning the militia told that SBU officers had beaten and intimidated prisoners." This is unacceptable and violates all norms of international law, not to mention the universal concepts of ethics and morality ", ? said Yashchenko. He noted that in prison of the SBU is more than 1, 5 thousand People, among them political prisoners." We urge international human rights organizations to the control of the security forces and the observance of the Convention about the content of prisoners of war ", - has told the Commissioner of the militia LNR. Last Thursday between LPR, DPR and Ukraine in the city of Happiness took place the exchange of prisoners by the formula " eleven nine ". On Tuesday, the head of the Luhansk national Republic Igor Carpenter said that the Ukrainian leadership is trying to earn on the exchange of prisoners and addictive this process. October 20, Kiev asked in a persistent form from the militia of Donbass liberation of Ukrainian prisoners 148. Of these, 59 ? civil, the rest ? of the Soldiers. 800 Ukrainians are registered in lists of missing persons. October 12 Plenipotentiary representative LNR on Minsk talks Vladislav Danego said that Kyiv is blocking the exchange of prisoners, because the Ukrainian side has not agreed to share according to the formula " all for all ". On September 23, the Commissioner of Kiev in the humanitarian sub-group During the trilateral contact group Irina Gerashchenko said that at the talks in Minsk Ukraine are unable to come to a common understanding With DND and LNR about the exchange of prisoners. Since mid-April last year, the Kiev authorities carried out in the East of Ukraine "special operation" to suppress the protest movement in the Donbass. Refers to a large number of dead and wounded among the civilian population and the destruction of houses and infrastructure. According to the UN at the end of August, victims of the conflict in the East of Ukraine more than 8 thousand People, at least 17, 6 thousand has Been damaged health, 1, 5 million people became internally displaced.

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