Russia illegally detains 180 Ukrainian political prisoners

Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, has stated that Russia is illegally detaining 180 Ukrainian political prisoners. 

Source: Lubinets Telegram

Quote: "At the moment, the Russian Federation is illegally detaining 180 political prisoners, 116 of whom are Crimean Tatars."

Details: The Commissioner for Human Rights has pointed out once again that "the deaths of two tortured political prisoners, Kostiantyn Shyrinh and Dzhemil Hafarov, became an outrageous violation of fundamental human rights and international law," as they were not provided with medical assistance. 

Background: Dmytro Lubinets has appealed to his Russian counterpart, Tatyana Moskalkova, to provide information and conduct an investigation into the deaths of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, Kostiantyn Shyrinh and Dzhemil Hafarov.

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