297. Detention, interrogation, beating, and robbery of civilian. Enerhodar (Zaporizhzhia)

297. Detention, interrogation, beating, and robbery of civilian.

Enerhodar (Zaporizhzhia)


LOCATION: Enerhodar (Zaporizhzhia)

DATE: June 23-27, 2022

NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1

SUMMARY: Late on June 23, 2022, Russian forces detained a male civilian at his home in Enerhodar and detained him at the police station for five days. He was interrogated three times, questioned about his involvement in a Protestant congregation, and pressured to collaborate. He was beaten and threatened with further violence. Russian forces also commandeered his car and apartment after he fled to Ukraine-controlled territory.

WITNESSES

The Witness is a male civilian. Before the full-scale invasion, he was a private entrepreneur, and was active in a Protestant congregation and rehabilitation center.

VICTIMS

The Witness is also the Victim in this incident.

ALLEGED PERPETRATORS

as described by the Witness

The perpetrators in this incident include two members of the Russian forces, potentially from the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). Based on their questioning, they specialized in religious affairs.