‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison
The Guardian, working with media partners, has tracked down first-hand accounts to reconstruct Viktoriia Roshchyna’s final months
It's horrifying. But then so much of the modern prison system is nightmarishly dystopian. From Israel to India to El Salvador, the systematized psychological, physical, and sexual assault of prisoners has been absolutely normalized, often seemingly for no other reason than prison guard recreation.
Nobody in power seems to have an interest in curbing these abuses. If anything, mutilated and massacred prisoners seem to be a part of the "Zero Tolerance" propaganda of carceral states.
Prison Song - System of a Down
the systematized psychological, physical, and sexual assault of prisoners has been absolutely normalized, often seemingly for no other reason than prison guard recreation.
Another link posted in this very forum today: Away From Cameras, These New York Prison Infirmaries Become ‘Torture Chambers’
This is the kind of guy NYS is hiring as a "guard". From the look on its face, I have to believe it's thinking "I hope I get my hands on this freak in private - I'll rip his guts out". Just the psychopathic qualities you want in a prison guard, ICE thug, or FSB interrogator.
Most of those [est. 16K] detained are being held without charge. The conditions of their detention constitute a suspected war crime, and evidence is being gathered for eventual prosecutions.
The detained are aid workers, journalists, business owners, local politicians, church leaders, and anyone suspected of resisting the invasion. They are being held at more than 180 facilities in the occupied territories and inside Russia itself. And yet, in all the noise around peace talks, they are rarely mentioned. It is a subject Roshchyna felt was under-reported, and it was the focus of her last mission.
The information about her final months has been gathered thanks to more than 50 interviews with survivors of Russian captivity as well as the families of some of those still held. Legal sources operating inside Russia and the occupied territories have also shared information, as have prison officials who resigned from the service in distress over what they had witnessed.
Long, brutal read, and so worth taking the time for. OP, ty for posting.
Putin is garbage.
That's 100% a war crime, it's actually at least 2 counts of war crime, and extremely disgusting by Russia! 🤮