Russia: Forcible Disappearances of Ukrainian Civilians
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A pre-trial detention center near St. Petersburg, Russia.
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(Berlin, July 14, 2022) – Russian forces in Ukraine have forcibly disappeared civilians and illegally transferred them to Russia, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch documented the detention of nine civilian men by Russian forces while they occupied Ukraine’s Kyiv region, and their apparent transfer to detention facilities in Russia’s Kursk and Bryansk regions when the forces rotated out or withdrew.
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Source:: Human Rights Watch
