Ukraine must act to deal with endemic police criminality

Publication Date: 12 October 2011 A new report reveals widespread police torture, extortion, arbitrary detention, and a death in detention still being questioned. Teaser image: Amnesty International Index Number: PRE01/477/2011 The Ukrainian authorities must act immediately to deal with endemic police criminality, Amnesty International said today in a new report that reveals widespread torture, extortion, and arbitrary detention. No evidence of a crime: Paying the price for police impunity in Ukraine, reveals how police are rarely punished for these crimes because…

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