Ukrainian in Argentina sued Russian occupiers through torture

If the Argentine prosecutors have accepted a complaint, it will be the first case of Russia's likely military crimes in Ukraine, violated outside Europe and the United States. In Argentina, a citizen of Ukraine, whose name is not disclosed, first filed a criminal lawsuit with the Federal Court of Argentina against the torture of the Russian invaders, through which he passed in the occupied territory of Ukraine. About it reports Reuters.

It is noted that on April 15, the initiative of Ukrainian and international journalists and lawyers to document martial crimes The Reckoning Project, together with a Ukrainian who is in Buenos, filed a criminal lawsuit with the Federal Court of Argentina. "This lawsuit is a victim Mr.

M (the name is not disclosed for security reasons, since his family members are in the occupied territory) appealed to the Federal Court to investigate the torture that has been applied to him by identified and unidentified Russian officials and related persons who tortured it themselves, and helped to use torture, " - the message reads.

In the lawsuit, the Ukrainian noted that he was used to torture electric current in one of the occupied Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in the Ukrainian city. The man told him that the invaders attached electrical cables to his ear and fingers, which passed the electrical current through his body. He also said that 10-20 detainees were kept in the 10-meter chamber. According to Reuters, the Ukrainian accuses a specific person in the name and two persons identified by their call sign.

Several unnamed persons who participated in its detention and torture in the middle and at the end of 2022 are also mentioned. According to him, it was tortured by the invaders who were in charge of the detention center in the south of Ukraine. The plaintiff noted that he was kept at work, and accuses his boss of assistance. "I was detained at work. Then I was tortured. I used an electric current. It was incredibly painful and I lost consciousness. I was lucky to survive. A lot Submitting a claim.

The Russian Ministry of Defense refused to comment on the publication. "Moscow denies the commission of war crimes in Ukraine and rejected the previous warrants to the arrest of the International Criminal Court for war crimes as part of a biased campaign of the event for Russia's discrediting," Reuters writes. It is noted that the Argentina Constitution allows the courts to consider international crimes, in particular, crimes against humanity and war crimes, no matter where they were committed.

Argentina's judicial system has made significant decisions in cases concerning the crime of torture. Earlier, Argentina has taken on cases from Spain, Yemen and Myanmar. If the Argentine prosecutors have accepted a complaint, it will be the first case of Russia's likely military crimes in Ukraine, violated outside Europe and the United States. "Today's submission is an important historical step.