57. Torture of detained citizen
Kherson (Kherson)
LOCATION: Kherson (Kherson)
DATE: April 5-April 28, 2022
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1
SUMMARY: On April 6, 2022, the Witness was detained in his shop. A cap was put over his eyes and he was taken in an unknown direction. The Witness was held captive, constantly interrogated, beaten, and tortured. The Witness was strangled and his fingers were clamped, with pliers on one hand and blunt scissors on the other. A man constantly stood behind the Witness and beat him all over his body with a baton. The Witness spent 23 days in captivity.
WITNESSES
The Witness of the incident was a male civilian and resident of Kherson. He worked as a businessman and volunteered to support the Ukrainian Army fighting in Donbas. Since the beginning of the invasion, he also participated in the Kherson territorial defense and the movement in resisting the occupiers. The Witness was not a member of the military.
VICTIMS
The Victim of the incident was the Witness mentioned above.
ALLEGED PERPETRATORS
as described by the Witness(es)
The perpetrators were members of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) and members of the Federal Service of the National Guard. The Witness also noted that one of the men who interrogated him was wearing a uniform inscribed “Investigative Committee of Russia.” All perpetrators spoke Russian.