Ukraine: Russian Forces Tortured Izium Detainees

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A hallway of cells in Izium Central Police Station which Russian forces used to detain people, September 23, 2022. © 2022 Belkis Wille/Human Rights Watch (Kyiv, October 19, 2022) – Russian forces and others operating under their command routinely tortured detainees during their six-month occupation of Izium, a city in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, Human Rights Watch said today. Survivors described being subjected to electric shock, waterboarding, severe beatings, threats at gunpoint, and being forced to hold stress positions for extended periods. They…

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