Russia systematically tortures Ukraine POWs, UN commission says


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  • Friday, 15 Mar 2024

Erik Mose, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, attends a news conference after his address to the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, September 23, 2022. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations commission of inquiry on Ukraine said on Friday that it had gathered more evidence that Russia has systematically tortured Ukrainian prisoners of war, documenting rape threats and the use of electric shocks on genitals.

The three-member Commission of Inquiry said in a report that the scale of such torture cases may amount to the most serious abuses known as crimes against humanity, describing their occurrence as "widespread and systematic".

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