UN reports on killings, torture, slavery in ‘DPR/LPR’

This is stated in the twelfth report of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), available to Ukrinform.

"Serious human rights abuses against the population residing in the territories controlled by the self-proclaimed ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’ and the self-proclaimed ‘Luhansk People’s Republic’ continued to be reported, with new allegations of killings, torture and ill-treatment, illegal detention and forced labour, limited freedom of movement, assemblies, and expression of opinion," the document says.

It is noted that local residents continued to remain without any effective protection of their rights. The places of detention maintained by the armed groups remained virtually inaccessible for independent oversight, and the international organizations, including HRMMU, did not have access to detainees.

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