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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

UN-backed experts: Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians, prisoners is a crime against humanity

Ukraine Russia Crimes - (' KEYSTONE / MARTIAL TREZZINI)

Russia’s torture of Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is a crime against humanity, U.N.-backed human rights experts said Thursday.

Erik Møse, chair of the independent commission investigating human rights violations in Ukraine, told reporters that the panel previously described Russia’s widespread and systematic use of torture in Ukraine and Russia against civilians and prisoners, both men and women, as a war crime.

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