62. Detention and torture of local self-government representatives
Trostianets (Sumy)
LOCATION: Trostianets (Sumy)
DATE: March 13-March 17, 2022
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 5
SUMMARY: The Witnesses, local self-government representatives, were unlawfully and groundlessly arrested in the Russian-occupied city of Trostianets, Sumy Region. The Witnesses were subsequently imprisoned in rooms without heating; the weather was extremely cold. They were barely fed, beaten, threatened, and tortured in the form of long-term immobilization.
WITNESSES
The Witnesses of the incident included a police officer, council leaders, and other residents of Trostianets. The Witnesses were all civilians, aged between their early 30s and late 50s.
VICTIMS
The Victims of the incident were the Witnesses mentioned above.
ALLEGED PERPETRATORS
as described by the Witness(es)
The perpetrators were a group of military men wearing camouflage uniforms. They all spoke Russian and may have been representatives of different units.