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Report: Both Sides in Ukraine Committing War Crimes

HeadlineMay 22, 2015

Amnesty International has accused both sides of the conflict in Eastern Ukraine of carrying out war crimes, including torture and summary killings of prisoners, on a near-daily basis. Former prisoners held by both the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian rebels described abuses, including being beaten until their bones broke, tortured with electric shocks and subjected to mock executions.

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