142. Forced transfer of children to Russian Federation territory
Kherson (Kherson)
LOCATION: Kherson (Kherson)
DATE: October 10-October 31, 2022
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 2
SUMMARY: Students at an academy in Kherson (but registered in the Russian Federation at the time) were taken without parental consent to Crimea and parts of the Kherson region occupied by Russian forces.
WITNESSES
The Witnesses of the incident were retired and unemployed female civilians who lived in Kherson at the time of the incident.
VICTIMS
The Victim of the incident was the son of one of the Witnesses. The Victim was a minor who attended college.
ALLEGED PERPETRATORS
as described by the Witness(es)
The perpetrators were male and female and included college employees, a camp director, local collaborators who worked for the Department of Education of Kherson, and the head of the so-called “Ministry of Education.”