Race to save stolen Ukrainian children held by Russia
Activists say minors held on bogus charges in occupied territory will be lost in the labyrinthine Russian penal system when they turn 18
Ukrainian children are facing prison for refusing to adopt Russian citizenship as part of Vladimir Putin’s program of abduction of tens of thousands of minors.
A number of young Ukrainians are being held in detention centres in occupied territories after being rounded up by occupying Russian forces during the war.
Some have been tortured into confessing to crimes, researchers and activists told The Telegraph, and may be moved to Russia and lost in the main prison system there when they turn 18.
Russia’s mass abduction of children has been well documented and was cited on the arrest warrants for Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, his “children’s rights commissioner”, issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
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Race to save abducted Ukrainian children held by Russia
Activists say minors held on bogus charges in occupied territory will be lost in the labyrinthine Russian penal system when they turn 18
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