UN experts confront Russia over ‘widespread’ torture | Ukraine and Russia war

The experts said in a statement that Russian forces used, among other things, electric shocks, mock cuttings and executions in an effort to gather intelligence, extract confessions, or in response to alleged support for Ukrainian forces. The victims suffer fractures, organ damage, strokes and trauma, it seems.

Russia and Ukraine have both been accused of practicing torture in the past 15 months, but the UN’s independent panel of experts says the Russian armed forces’ methods may be “state-sponsored”. said the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Gail Edwards, who sent a letter on June 12 along with several other independent experts.

“Compliance with a higher order or policy cannot be used as a justification for torture, and anyone involved must be promptly investigated and prosecuted by independent authorities,” it says.

Moscow has in recent months denied using torture, ill-treating prisoners of war, or targeting Ukrainian citizens.