Overview
The most significant human rights problems in the country during the year were:Conflict- and Occupation-related Abuses: Russian-backed separatists in Donbas engaged in abductions, torture, and unlawful detention, employed child soldiers, stifled dissent, and restricted humanitarian aid. To a lesser extent, there were also reports of some of these practices by government forces. In Crimea, Russian occupation authorities systematically targeted perceived dissidents for abuse and politically motivated prosecution.
- | Author: U. S. U. S. State Department, Penny Hill Press
- | Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 82 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 197642013X
- | ISBN-13: 9781976420139
