80. Torture of abducted women
Shevchenkove (Kharkiv)
LOCATION: Shevchenkove (Kharkiv)
DATE: June 16-June 21, 2022
NUMBER OF WITNESSES: 1
SUMMARY: Three women were abducted, detained, interrogated, and threatened with sexual violence.
WITNESSES
The Witness of the incident was a female civilian in her early 40s and a resident of Horozhanivka.
VICTIMS
The Victims of the incident include the Witness mentioned above as well as two other female civilians who were residents of Horozhanivka.
ALLEGED PERPETRATORS
as described by the Witness(es)
The perpetrators were employees of the detention center Izium who varied in rank. They all wore uniforms with Russian flags on them and spoke pure Russian. The Witness noted they were likely from the internationally unrecognized “Donetsk People’s Republic” or “Luhansk People’s Republic.” The Witness also described one man present during interrogations as Slavic and in his 40s. Of the military men who abducted them, the Witness described one of them as strong and in his mid-30s.