Total of 104 torture chambers discovered in de-occupied territories - Kostin
Law enforcement officers discovered 104 torture chambers in the de-occupied territories of 8 regions of Ukraine.
This was stated by Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin during the international conference on human rights "Freedom or Fear", Censor.NET reports citing Ukrinform.
"Torture chambers and places of illegal detention were found in all the territories liberated from the enemy. These are 104 torture chambers in 8 regions of Ukraine. The largest number of torture chambers was found in the Kharkiv region - 25, Zaporizhzhia - 18, Kherson - 11, Donetsk - 10. And also 19 on the territory of the Russian Federation," Kostin said.
According to him, the OGP has information that almost 90 per cent of prisoners and detainees are subjected to torture or some form of violence - physical or psychological.
Kostin also emphasised that even the mere detention of a civilian is a war crime, and torture, ill-treatment and deprivation of access to justice are other separate war crimes whose perpetrators must be punished.
He assured that Ukrainian law enforcement officers are recording these facts in open criminal proceedings.
In his opinion, torture in Russia is a planned state policy.
