Human Rights Situation In Ukraine Deterioriates: UN

Reuters

Posted: 05/16/2014 7:43 am EDT Updated: 05/16/2014 8:59 am EDT

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By Tom Miles and Robert Evans

GENEVA, May 16 (Reuters) - Human rights violations have escalated in eastern Ukraine and serious problems are emerging in Crimea, United Nations monitors said in a report released on Friday.

The 34-strong U.N. monitoring mission's report, which covered the period from April 2 to May 6 and which Russia criticized as politically motivated, said police and local authorities in eastern Ukraine connived in illegal acts and the takeover of towns by armed groups, undermining the rule of law.

The U.N. findings echoed a statement published on Monday by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, whose experts had identified "a significant number of serious human rights violations" during a visit to Ukraine in March.

Ukraine is preparing to hold presidential elections on May 25 and the U.N. monitors said a fair and democratic ballot would be an important factor in helping to calm the situation. But several candidates had reported intimidation and attacks and the monitoring mission said it had concerns about their security.

"Those with influence on the armed groups responsible for much of the violence in eastern Ukraine (must) do their utmost to rein in these men who seem bent on tearing the country apart," U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said in a statement accompanying the report.

The U.N. report also cited a "wave of abductions and unlawful detentions" of journalists, activists, politicians, representatives of international bodies and members of the military.

DISCRIMINATION

Russia's Foreign Ministry said the report lacked any semblance of objectivity, and accused its authors of following "political orders" to whitewash the pro-Western leadership, while ignoring "the crudest violations of human rights by the self-proclaimed Kiev authorities".

The report said the U.N. monitors were trying to verify reports of abuses by Ukrainian government forces, and said it had credible reports of people being detained by the army in a way that amounted to forced disappearances.

In Berlin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said the OSCE report did not support Russia's contention that the rights of Ukraine's Russian minority were being violated.

"There is atmosphere of intimidation and discrimination, many people in Ukraine are suffering potentially life-threatening legal problems if they don't take up Russian citizenship," Seibert told a news conference.

Gianni Magazzeni, head of the U.N. human rights office's Americas, Europe and Central Asia branch, said there was no evidence to justify concern for Russian-speaking people in Ukraine and the U.N. report aimed to show where the major human rights concerns were, which was mainly in areas under the power of armed groups in the east of the country.

U.N. Assistant Secretary-General Ivan Simonovic said Russia had presented a "White Book" detailing its concerns about human rights. He said the U.N. was paying equal attention to all allegations, and reported on them if they were considered serious.

Referring to Crimea, the U.N. monitors expressed concern about the treatment of journalists, sexual, religious and ethnic minorities, AIDS patients and citizens who had not applied for Russian citizenship, who faced harassment and intimidation.

The report included recommendations for the government in Kiev and authorities in Crimea, but said nothing about what Russia could do to help calm the situation.

Magazzeni said the monitors were acting in line with a resolution of the U.N. General Assembly, and declined to say what Russia should do.

The report was the second by the UN monitoring mission. The first, released on April 15, found ethnic Russians in eastern Ukraine had falsely claimed to be under assault to justify Russian intervention. (Reporting by Tom Miles, additional reporting by Richard Balmforth in Kiev and Stephen Brown in Berlin, editing by John Stonestreet)

COMMENT:

Without going through the above article the readers would not be able to grasp the brutality these cold blooded Russian PUTIN government  is doing to their own citizens at home and here in Ukraine.

It is to facilitate the readers the below mentioned quotation is inserted as it is necessary to read the article before going through the comment.

This quotation has been taken from the article for the readers to read the truth: “ U.N. findings echoed a statement published on Monday by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, whose experts had identified "a significant number of serious human rights violations" during a visit to Ukraine in March.”

Having shown what the Russian Government is trying to prove to the world is that Russia is a mighty powerful nation and can do whatever and whenever it wants to do anything it just does none in the world canloppose,

But PUTIN forgets that in the present global get up Russia do do not exist anywhere near any global power. Yes once it was but now it is simply a country . Because of being a founding member of the UN its veto power had not been withdrawn but its recent behavior like a child it might as well be stripped off. Just imagine what would happen then.

US has already hooked Russian president PUTIN like a fish hanging like a fish in US fishing rodfrom its ass hole and this time might be an ominous sign for Russia that it might become a country of beggars. 

The Sanctions has started to take effect which is already impacting Russian Financial institutions and economy adversely.

The World Community of Nations demands of US Government not to ease the Sanctions until RUSSIAN'S government is brought to its kneeling position for the safety and security of the Russian bordering countries, because this uncouth country might try do repeat the same with them if it is left to go without proper harsh punishment. Not to forget the fact when on previous occasion it did the same with Georgia.

Russia for violation of international law as founding member of UN and also for committal of crime against Human Rights in Ukraine Putin must be tried for the committal of Genocide. Warrant of Arrest should be issued by the ICC Prosecutor at Hague following all legal formalities.