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‘Evocative of genocide’: Ukrainians held by Russians allege torture

Ukrainian detainees say they were forced to write and learn Russia's national anthem and pro-Russian slogans [Mobile Justice Team/Global Rights Compliance]

Nearly half of a group of Ukrainians detained by Russian occupiers in Kherson and interviewed by a team of international experts have reported widespread torture, including sexual violence.

The Mobile Justice Team, which was established by the human rights law firm Global Rights Compliance, said on Wednesday that of 320 cases examined in the southern Ukrainian province, many detainees recounted suffocation, waterboarding, severe beatings and threats of rape.

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