Ukraine: Russian Torture Center in Kherson

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image A cell at a preliminary detention center that is believed to have been used by Russian forces to torture civilians in Kherson, Ukraine, November 16, 2022. © 2022 Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images New evidence has emerged that Russian forces unlawfully detained and tortured people in a torture center and in other facilities in Kherson and vicinity during their occupation of the area between March and November 2022. It is a war crime to willfully mistreat, torture, or kill civilians or captured combatants, to willfully cause great suffering or serious injury, or to…

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