Russian recruitment of foreigners human trafficking: Amnesty
Russia’s recruitment of foreign nationals to fight in the war in Ukraine “amounts to human trafficking,” Amnesty International said on Thursday.“Many recruits were promised lucrati...
Amnesty International has accused Russia of human trafficking for recruiting foreigners to fight in Ukraine's war, according to a new report. The human rights organization claims that many recruits were lured with promises of high salaries and sign-on bonuses that were never fulfilled, with some receiving no payment at all. The report states that Russian recruiters used coercion, fraud and deception to persuade foreigners to join the Russian military.
The UN's Palermo Protocol defines this as human trafficking, according to Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's secretary general.
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