12/03/2022 19:18

Commissioner: the occupier's initiation of a referendum on the secession of the Kherson region is a gross violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms

To terrorize the civilians of Melitopol city, the racist occupiers introduced paramilitary units of the illegal formations "LPR" and "DPR"

 After the capture of the city of Melitopol, the russian army entrusted the functions of police in the city to the so-called "police" and "state security" of the "LDNR".

 Videos and messages with this information are posted on russian propaganda resources and on the website of the "Prosecutor General's Office" of quasi-republics.

 The so-called "Prosecutor General's Office of the People's Republic of Luhansk" has opened a "criminal case" against the abducted mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, for allegedly financing the "Right Sector".

 The introduction of representatives of paramilitary units of the “LDPR” is aimed at establishing a police regime in the city, persecuting activists and citizens who do not agree with the occupier regime.

 Such actions violate Article 11 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

 I call on the international community to take all measures to stop the military aggression of the Russian Federation and the arbitrariness of the aggressor country's militants and puppet pseudo-state formations “LDPR” on Ukrainian soil.