HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS MONITORING IN THE NON-GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED AREAS OF THE LUHANSK AND DONETSK REGIONS FEBRUARY, 2018
1. Illegal arrests, detentions and restriction of freedom of movement
In February 2018 in certain districts of Luhansk and Donetsk regions, controlled by the armed groups of so-called “LPR” and “DPR” new facts of human rights violations were identified: illegal detentions, restrictions of freedom of movement of civilians, obstruction of the activities of international organizations, involvement of schoolchildren into the events with propagandistic aims, coercion of the residents of so-called «LPR and DPR» to join «civil society organizations», development of parallel legal system and violation of property rights. Unfortunately, all these human rights violations have become a «norm» for residents of the territories of so-called «people’s republics». 1. Illegal arrests, detentions and restriction of freedom of movement On February 8, 2018, the resident of Luhansk Anastasia Volodymirivna Mushnina, born in 1949, was detained by the officials of the so-called «MIA of LPR”(1) on suspicion of extremism. The explosives, pro-Ukrainian leaflets and a blue-yellow ribbon were found in her flat by the “siloviki” of the “MIA of LPR”. Media of pro-Russian militants report that a number of persons were arrested in so-called “DPR” on suspicion of copartnership in the murder of Mykhailo Tolstykh (covername «Givi»). This was announced by Oleksandr Zakharchenko, the «leader of the DPR»(2), on February 9. On February 2, 2018, a «law» was adopted on the territory of Luhansk region under control of the illegal armed formations of ” LPR”. This allows to detain persons suspected of committing «security threats crimes against LPR» for 60 days during the martial law. This is stated in the amendments to the «Martial law», published on the «official site» of Leonid Pasichnyk, the “head of «LPR».
2. Development of parallel legal system, advocacy, notary, courts press@vostok-sos.org
2. Development of parallel legal system, advocacy, notary, courts In the territory controlled by illegal armed groups of “LPR” and “DPR”, so-called “authorities” and controlled media continue to inform local people and world community on activity of their “state agencies” and results of their “work”. It should be noted that this activity has no legal force and is aimed only at demonstrating the so-called «statehood» in the «republics». On February 2, 2018, «LPR media» reported that 29 «institutional regulatory acts» were registered by the so-called «Ministry of Justice of LPR» in January 2018.