Wednesday, April 04, 2012

The hell-hole that is Lukyaniv prison

The brave investigative journalist Konstyantyn Usov, from TVi, recently managed to smuggle several mobile phones into the notorious Lukyaniv investigative isolation unit where former PM Yulia Tymoshenko was detained, and where former Minister of Internal Affairs, Yuriy Lutsenko, is still being held. His nightmarish television documentary can be seen here....

The conditions in some of the cells, filmed by inmates, are unimaginably bad...diabolical...don't watch it before going to bed...

Remember, most of these inmates have not been tried or sentenced - many may be innocent but may, nevertheless, be detained there for years....

It is difficult to accept that human beings can be so maltreated in a state institution in the capital city of a European democracy in the 21st century.. utterly and absolutely shameful.

The Freedom House guys who visited Yuriy Lutsenko at the prison on Tuesday should check out the video....After their visit: "The [Ukrainian] State Penitentiary Service stressed that the visitors noted that Ukraine took measures to bring conditions for detention and medical treatment for detainees in line with international standards."

You f***ing liars...

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