Maltreated prisoners of war, prisoners of conscience rotting in Ukrainian detention centers

In the past two weeks, the United States and NATO countries have opened still another line of attack on Russia in their ongoing high pitch information war: the seizure by the Russian navy of three Ukrainian vessels attempting unsanctioned entry to the Kerch Straits, together with the arrest of their crews who have been treated medically, as necessary, and dispatched to a prison in Moscow for interrogation.

In light of the sound and fury over the Ukrainian sailors, it seems to me that the moment is especially opportune to bring to the attention of the world community, and in particular to the attention of Amnesty International, the Council of Europe and other institutions and political forces defending the cause of human rights the following inhumane treatment by the government in Kiev of prisoners of war and prisoners of conscience. Here the objective is not to score propaganda points but to secure urgently needed assistance to named individuals currently in Ukrainian detention centers.

As happens in cases like this, I received the list from friends of friends serving in the Moscow embassy of an EU country. Accordingly I have every reason to believe in its accuracy and impartiality.

List of prisoners of war and political prisoners in Ukraine who are in need of urgent medical assistance and material aid

1. Medical care is not being provided.2. Their cases are not really being examined by the courts. The cases are being transferred from tribunal to tribunal, where the court sessions only consider the question of extending the preventive detention measures.3. Complaints have been filed with international organizations with respect to numerous violations of human rights law, namely : abuse of power of the forces of law and order, violations during the examination of files by the judges (at all stages of the judicial proceedings). Ukrainian government authorities have responded in a formalistic manner and propose to investigate the violations (practically none of these cases has been brought to trial).

	Last name, first name	Date of birth	Place of arrest and articles of the Ukrainian Criminal Code mentioned in the charges filed	Circumstances of the detention	State of health
1.	SEDIKOV Alexey Sergeevich	10.10.1979	Sentenced to 11 years in prison Art. 258-3 part. 1, Art. 28 part. 2 Art. 437 part. 2, Art 263 part. 1	Captured and gravely wounded near the lines of demarcation, during inspection of the implementaiton of the Minsk Accords. Tortured and refused medical assistance.	Urgently in need of surgeryt.
2.	DOLGOCHEÏ Ruslan Bronislavovich	25.12.1973	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center		Acute pain in the vertical column (lumbar region); cardiovascular and gastro-intestinal pain.
3.	DOLGOCHEÏ Vladislav Ruslanovich	24.04.1996	Odessa – Penal Institution No. 24 Art. 258 part. 3,4, Art. 113 – Art. 263 Arrested on 05/07/2015	Torture	Cerebral lesions.
4.	KHITROV Denis Vassilievich	28.04.1977	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center. Art. 111 part.1 Arrested on 19.03.2017	Torture	Gastro-intestinal illness(gastritis) Failing eyesight
5.	BOBOVA Elena Grigorievna	26.04.1972	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center Art. 111 part.1 Arrested on 19.03.2017	Subjected to physical and psychological abuse. Persons close to him have received death threats. . Was forced to sign confessions	Respiratory system ailment (oblation of a lung)
6.	PIKALOV Valery Valerievich	19.07.1975	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center Art. 111 part.1, Art. 263 Arrested on 19.03.2017	Physical force used during his arrest. Illegal seizure of property (gold and silver jewelry belonging to his aged mother.	Stomach ulcers
7.	MELNITCHOUK Piotr Nikolaevich	12.07.1972	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center. Art. 111 part.1, Art. 263 Arrested on 19.03.2017	Physical force used during his arrest. Citizen of the Republic of Moldova. According to the provisions of the law. art. 111 cannot be applied to foreign citizens.
8.	LOGUNOV Mekhty Féofanovich	21.05.1934	Art. 111 part.1
9.	PIDMAZKO Evgueny Sergeevich	1969	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center No.21 – Art. 258
10.	GAÏDANOV Ivan Konstantinovich	06.02.1981	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center No. 21 Art. 258-3 part.1 Art. 263 part.1 Interned since 11.10.2017		Stomach ulcers, chronic illness of duodenum, urinary lithiasis. Urgently needs treatment
11.	MAZUR Oleg Vladimirovich	02.08.1965	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center No. 21 Art. 258-3 part.1, Art. 113, Art. 263. Interned since 2015		Acute infection of lymph ganglions, oedema in limbs, astro-intestinal illness.
12.	ZJIGALO Aleksandr Ivanovich	03.08.1966	Odessa – Temporary Detention Center No. 21 Art. 111 Interned since 27.05.2018	Was arrested on 27.05.2018 by the Ukrainian Security Service on suspicion of collaboration with the Russian FSB.
13.	BACHLYKOV Sergey Aleksandrovich	27.10.1986	Kharkov – Temporary Detention Center. Art. 258 part.3, Art.263	Physical force used during the arrest and during the interrogation.
14.	DVORNIKOV Vladimir Nikolaevich	13.06.1978	Kharkov – Penal Colony No. 43 – Art. 258 part.3 Art. 263 part.1 Interned since 26.02.2015	Physical force used during the arrest. Under torture was forced to admit to having committed a terrorist act in Kharkov.	Brain concussion
15.	TITYUTSKIY Viktor Viktorovich	05.05.1982	Kharkov – Penal Colony No. 43 Art. 258 part.3, Art. 263 part.1 Interned since 26.02.2015	Physical force used during the arrest. Mock execution during his arrest.
16.	CHUMAK Vyachelav Aleksandrovich	19.10.1975	Kharkov –Temporary Detention Center.	Arrested without witnesses present. Valuables were stolen during the arrest. Subjected to torture.	Critically ill. Before the arrest, he was wounded in the head and vertebral column during a car accident. Requires treatment. Pain in the head and spine.
17.	EVTUKHOV Vyachelav Viktorovich	12.11.1981	Kharkov – Penal colony Art. 250 part.8, Art. 263, Art.258	Physical and psychological pressure. Confession made under torture.
18.	VESELOV Sergey Aleksandrovich	29/01/1980	Kharkov – Temporary Detention Center.

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