In Kherson russian occupiers kidnap and torture dozens of people

The International Committee of the Red Cross is calling for the deployment of representatives to provide humanitarian assistance to illegally abducted civilians in the Kherson region, Dementiy Biliy, head of the Kherson regional organization of the Committee of Voters, posted this on Facebook. 

«I urge you to send representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross to the Kherson region to provide humanitarian assistance to illegally detained civilians, determine their whereabouts, help stop torture and release them from prison cells as soon as possible» the statement said.

In the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine, primarily in the Kherson region, the Russian occupiers are kidnapping civilians, beating and torturing them, said Biliy. 

It’s unclear how many people have been abducted. Eyewitnesses attest to dozens of cases in which occupiers raided apartments and homes, conducted illegal searches, seizing people and beating them.

Civilians are helpless against brute force. They are not provided legal assistance, judicial protection, and their basic human rights and freedoms are ignored.

The occupiers are holding these people in prison cells in Kherson. The fate of many of these civilians has been unknown for many days, the statement said. The head of the CVU regional organization also addressed the relatives of the abducted people and called on them to contact the International Committee of the Red Cross Mission in Ukraine’s hotline in order to effectively work together with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

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