“I was tortured by Russian-sponsored militants,” Ukrainian woman tells UN

2014/9/18 13:03:09

On August 25, I was taken to the city center of Donestk, wrapped in a Ukrainian flag and made to stand at the post with a sign: “I am a killer and an agent of killers.”

 

One of the militants told people he would shoot me in the knee, and, indeed, he aimed and shot, barely missing my kneecap.

 


From UN Watch 18, September 2014

 

Irina Dovgan, a Ukrainian woman who recently made international headlines after she was publicly abused by Russian-backed militants in eastern Ukraine, testified today before the UN Human Rights Council.

 

Invited by UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights group accredited with the United Nations, Ms. Dovgan testified before the world forum about the arbitrary arrest, illegal detention, torture and public humiliation she suffered.

 

She discussed the situation of human rights in eastern Ukraine, one week before the council will hear a new report and debate the subject.

 

Below is her full speech and other relevant links:

 

 

For full text, Link below

http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/201 ... before-un-rights-council/

 

photo courtesy of article source

 

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