Russia: Recruitment of foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine amounts to human trafficking

By Amnesty International

Russia has used deceptive, coercive and exploitative practices to recruit foreign nationals into its military forces and send them to fight in Ukraine, Amnesty International said in a new briefing published today. In many cases this amounts to the human rights violation and crime of human trafficking, which remains widespread in Russia and which the […] The post Russia: Recruitment of foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine amounts to human trafficking appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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