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Investigation of war crimes in Ukraine - credible evidence of torture and ill-treatment

2022-04-13T15:53:24.388Z


War crimes investigation in Ukraine - credible evidence of torture and ill-treatment Created: 04/13/2022, 17:38 By: Linus Prien After the Russian army withdrew from the Kyiv region, images of dead bodies circulated on the streets of Bucha. The world looked at Ukraine in horror. Bucha - As part of the investigation into possible war crimes in the escalating Ukraine conflict, the chief prosecuto


War crimes investigation in Ukraine - credible evidence of torture and ill-treatment

Created: 04/13/2022, 17:38

By: Linus Prien

After the Russian army withdrew from the Kyiv region, images of dead bodies circulated on the streets of Bucha.

The world looked at Ukraine in horror.

Bucha - As part of the investigation into possible war crimes in the escalating Ukraine conflict, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Kharim Khan, visited Bucha.

Speaking to reporters in the Kiev suburb on Wednesday, Khan described all of Ukraine as a "crime scene": "We are here because we have reason to believe that crimes falling within the court's jurisdiction are being committed," he said.

It is important "to penetrate the fog of war to find the truth," said the Brit.

“Independent and unbiased investigations” are required.

That is why a forensic team from the ICC is in Bucha "so that we can really make sure that we are separating truth from fiction".

Ukraine war: "Numerous indications of serious human rights violations"

According to a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), there are numerous indications of serious human rights violations by Russian troops since their invasion of Ukraine.

Even if a "detailed assessment" was not possible, independent OSCE experts found a number of "clear cases" during their investigation in March, according to the 100-page report published in Vienna on Wednesday.

It refers to attacks on "hospitals, homes, cultural assets, schools, and water and electricity supplies, with catastrophic consequences for civilians." kidnappings of civilians.

The mission also notes "violations on the Ukrainian side," particularly in the "treatment of prisoners of war."

However, the violations committed by Russia are "far more serious in nature and scope," the report said.

This is based on information from various sources on the ground, including non-governmental organisations, investigative authorities and public officials.

However, the experts completed their report before the bodies were found in Bucha.

Ukraine War: Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister on War Crimes

In a speech to members of parliament in Italy, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna reported on the worst war crimes in her country.

"It's so shocking, I couldn't have imagined it before," said the politician in a video link on Wednesday.

She recounted, in part in great detail, how Russian soldiers raped Ukrainian women in front of their children and children in front of their mothers, who were often tied up.

"It's not just about hurting, but humiliating to break the resistance," Stefanishyna said, adding: "This is Russia."

Ukraine war: Biden accuses Putin of committing genocide

US President Joe Biden also called the Russian head of state Vladimir Putin a war criminal and spoke of a genocide in connection with the Ukraine war.

Russia then firmly rejected the US accusation of genocide in Ukraine.

"We categorically disagree with them," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov commented on Wednesday about statements by US President Joe Biden.

"We consider attempts to twist the situation in this way unacceptable," Peskov said, according to the Interfax agency.

"More than that - as we have already said - this is hardly acceptable for the President of the United States of America."

"I called it genocide because it's becoming clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to erase the idea of ​​being Ukrainian at all," Biden said.

(dpa/afp/lp)

Source: merkur

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