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Ukrainian civilians abducted, tortured in Russian prisons

dw.com·Dasha Thyssen·about 2 months ago
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Larisa Shevandin hasn't seen her husband Oleh for 11 years. An athlete and the president of a local martial arts association in his hometown of Debaltseve,  eastern Ukraine , Oleh was abducted in May 2015. The city was already part of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" at the time, having been named this by Kremlin-backed, pro-Russian separatists a year prior. The two spoke twice within the first 24 hours of his arrest, then never again. According to eyewitness accounts gathered by Shevandin, masked men with guns stopped her husband on the street, dragged him out of his car, put a sack over his head, and sped away with him in their vehicle. Shevandin conducted her own research into the circumstances of her husband's disappearance, during which time she also founded the Ukraine advocacy organization, Return Home. She says her husband's case was the subject of discussion at the UN 's Committee on Enforced Disappearances. "Unfortunately, the UN has no way to exert direct influence.…

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