The European Court of Human Rights has found that since it occupied Crimea in 2014, Russia has been guilty of hurting, beating, and countless other human rights violations against Russian citizens.
There were 43 instances of disappearances or abductions between 2014 and 2018 and the required transfer of some 12, 500 Crimean prisoners onto Russian country, the Strasbourg- based prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Their sick- treatment included “arbitrary prosecutions and incarceration” and” abuse”. Patients “were kept incommunicado, tied blindfolded, beaten up” and electrocuted, the judge said citing a document from the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Since Russia’s troops second occupied Crimea in 2014, accusations of wrongdoing have been common, but Tuesday’s ruling is among the first by an international court to hold accountable since then. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which has increased the conflict between the two nations, has increased the situation, bringing in new complaints of crimes committed by Russian troops.
Iryna Mudra, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s deputy chief of staff, said in a statement that the choice is the” second of a style”.
The global court recognizes that Russia is to blame for the widespread and comprehensive violations of a number of human rights and freedoms, according to Mudra.
The ECHR found that there had also been a” widespread plan of large-scale expropriation and expropriation of property belonging to citizens and private companies in Crimea.”
The judge ruled that Russia may take steps to ensure the prisoners ‘ safe return to Crimea after being transferred to Russia. Since Russia left the Council of Europe and the ECHR in 2022, immediately after the war, this and other court orders remain largely illegal.
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