Almost 30 thousand people are considered missing under special circumstances - Ombudsman's Office
Kyiv • UNN
According to Ukrainian human rights activists, nearly 30,000 people, including children, civilians, and prisoners of war, are considered missing or illegally deprived of their liberty as a result of Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
In Ukraine, almost 30 thousand people are considered missing under special circumstances and illegally deprived of their personal liberty due to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation. This was reported by UNN with reference to the Office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets.
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According to him, on Wednesday, March 20, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Security and Defense Sector, Oleksandr Kononenko, met with representatives of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism.
The Ombudsman's representative noted that currently almost 30 thousand people are considered missing under special circumstances and unlawfully deprived of personal liberty as a result of the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine according to the Unified Register of Persons Missing under Special Circumstances. The figure includes three categories: children, civilians and prisoners of war
It is noted that this register is currently being filled, so the relevant data may be much larger.
Kononenko noted that about 1,600 civilians have been verified out of all the civilians illegally detained and convicted by Russia.
According to him, among the illegally detained by the Russian Federation are sick and vulnerable people, as well as three OSCE staff members.
The Ombudsperson's Office is working to protect the rights of civilians illegally detained and convicted by the Russian Federation. It is imperative that this critical issue is raised at the international level
Recall
The OSCE has launched an investigation into the detention of civilian Ukrainians by Russia under the "Moscow mechanism"; the report of international experts should prove Russia's war crimes.
