Two Kursk SIZO employees suspected of torturing Ukrainian civilians
Two employees of Detention Center No. 1 (SIZO-1) of the Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia in Kursk region have been served with suspicion, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported on Wednesday.
Two employees at Kursk region's Detention Center No. 1 (SIZO-1) have been charged with torturing Ukrainian civilians, according to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office. The suspects are accused of employing physical and psychological abuse on at least five individuals who were unlawfully detained on Russian territory following Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
The alleged torturers inflicted electric shocks and struck victims with their hands, feet, and a plastic stick on various body parts, as detailed in the prosecutor's statement.
The prosecutor's office asserts that the assaults by the suspects were systematic and a clear violation of international humanitarian law. The Ukrainian authorities have classified the actions of the Russian penitentiary facility employees as cruel treatment of civilians, specifically stemming from a deliberate conspiracy by a group of individuals (Part 1 of Article 438 of Ukraine's Criminal Code).
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