UPDATED. Asked whether Russia's acts might amount to genocide, as Ukraine believes, Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine chair Erik Møse says it has not yet found such evidence but will continue to follow up.
such as willful killings and torture, a UN-mandated investigative body said on Thursday, March 16, in some cases making children watch loved ones being raped and detaining others alongside dead bodies.
She added that if those behind such reports supported objectivity “then we are ready to analyze specific cases, answer questions, provide data, statistics and facts. But if they are biased, if they represent only one point of view … then there is no use responding to these reports.
The report said at least 13 waves of Russian attacks since October on Ukraine’s energy-related infrastructure as well as its use of torture “may amount to crimes against humanity.” Victims in Russian detention facilities were subject to electric shocks with a military phone – a treatment known as a “call to Putin” – or hung from the ceiling in a “parrot position,” the report said.The commission’s 18-page report will be presented to the Geneva Human Rights Council on Monday, March 20. Countries at the council, the only body made up of governments to protect human rights worldwide, aims to extend and deepen the commission’s mandate.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Russia has committed 'wide range' of war crimes in Ukraine, UN inquiry finds'Russian authorities have committed numerous violations of international humanitarian law and violations of international human rights law, in addition to a wide range of war crimes,' the report says.
Read more »
Rappler+ donation challenge: Help sustain independent journalismThe compounding challenges of our time mean we need to do more and scale up our membership
Read more »
PDEA chief asked: Why didn’t you question tipsters claiming drugs were offered as reward?Senators placed the chief of the PDEA in the hot seat for not going after the informants who told him about their “custom” of receiving 30 percent of the seized drugs in its operations as a reward instead of money. | BPinlacINQ
Read more »
Analysis: DeSantis sharpens divide between Republican isolationists and hawks over UkraineThe war in Ukraine provides a new battleground for declared and as yet undeclared Republican 2024 hopefuls that could shape how the party engages with the world for years to come, those people said. | Reuters
Read more »
Makeshift wifi spot reconnects shattered Ukraine cityMSOpinion Makeshift wifi spot reconnects shattered Ukraine city “A TV screen on a stand beside the queue showed a Ukrainian channel broadcasting news about the war, while people huddled on the ground charging their telephones from extension cables--
Read more »
Ukraine grain deal talks ongoing after Russian proposal: UNGENEVA, Switzerland - Consultations to prolong a vital Ukrainian grain exports deal are continuing, the UN said Tuesday, after a Russian proposal for just a 60-day extension cast doubt over its fate.
Read more »