30/04/2022 15:43

Medical examinations of mobilized personnel have been canceled in ORDLO, so forced mobilization can be avoided only by paying a bribe at the established rates

Medical examinations of mobilized personnel have been canceled in ORDLO, so forced mobilization can be avoided only by paying a bribe at the established rates.

At present, potential "recruits" are unable to obtain documents proving any health problems.

Men who have injuries, disabilities, severe acute illnesses are still mobilized.

In order to identify unmobilized conscripts, the russian military police are conducting regular raids on the streets and at the probable residence of "conscripts".

The only alternative to forced mobilization is to pay bribes at fixed rates.  In particular, in occupied Horlivka it is from 5 thousand Russian rubles, if paid directly at the place of detention, in the district departments of the "Ministry of Internal Affairs" - from 75 thousand russian rubles.

After two months of russian military aggression against Ukraine, graves with the bodies of previously mobilized people are already coming to ORDLO, and there is simply no information about the majority of men.

As a result, protests among women, who are involved in seeking information about their forced men, have increased.

Throughout the ORDLO, women demand information from representatives of the occupation administration about the whereabouts of men.  In some places, paramilitary protection is essential for protection against angry women.

Forced mobilization in the occupied territories is a violation of Article 51 of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War.  It strictly prohibits the occupying State from forcing persons under protection, ie those under the control of a party to the conflict or an occupying State of which they are not nationals, to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces.

I appeal to the UN Commission for Investigation Human Rights Violations during the Russian Military Invasion of Ukraine to take into account these facts of Russian war crimes and human rights violations in Ukraine.