{"id":215782,"date":"2022-10-03T21:32:52","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=215782"},"modified":"2022-10-03T21:32:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T18:32:55","slug":"ukraine-in-flames-207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/ukraine-in-flames-207","title":{"rendered":"Why is Russia taking Ukraine civilians captive?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

Russia has systematically taken Ukrainian civilians hostages as part of its war, which is strictly prohibited by international humanitarian law. Since February 2022, 9,110 civilians have been reported missing to Ukrainian authorities, and whereabouts of 6,730 of them still remain unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia perpetrates forced disappearances of civilians mostly in regard to people related to law enforcement agencies or those who were previously servicemen or had any combat experience. Volunteers are also a risk group, just as people with an active pro-Ukrainian position. Ukraine\u2019s Center for Civil Liberties has done considerable work tracking the abducted members of civil society and other Ukrainians. The Center has created a visual map with information on the settlements where the abductions took place with a description of each event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Former detainees report inhuman conditions the Russians hold Ukrainian civilians in, physical and psychological torture, executions. The International Committee of the Red Cross and the United Nations should more actively demand access to places of detention in the occupied territories of Ukraine and Russia to ensure adequate conditions of imrpisonment and the observance of the captives\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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