A survey coordinated by the Forbidden Stories collective reveals that the 27 -year -old woman was the victim of torture during her detention in Russia.
Repatriated in February, her body bore “possible traces of electric shocks on his feet” and was devoid of several organs.
Ukrainian diplomacy “urges the international community to react” after the publication of this information.
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The circumstances of his death are still mysterious. Ukrainian journalist Victoria Rochtchina was tortured during her detention in Russia where she died last September, this week reports an investigation by several media coordinated by the Forbidden Stories collective. The 27 -year -old woman disappeared in August 2023 after joining the territories occupied by Russia in the Ukrainian region of Zaporijia as part of a report.
Moscow had confirmed for the first time that she was in one of her prisons in April 2024. In the spring of 2022, Victoria Roshchina had already been arrested by Russia before being released seven days later.
His body private with his eyes and his larynx
His body was repatriated to Ukraine at the end of February, allowing the authorities to make more analyzes. Without succeeding in determining the causes of his death. “The medical-legal examination has revealed many signs of torture and ill-treatment on the body of the victim”said Iouriï Belooussov, an official of the office of the Ukrainian prosecutor who evokes a broken coast, neck injuries as well as “Possible traces of electric discharges on its feet”. A source close to the investigation adds that some of his organs, including his eyes, his larynx and part of his brain, lacked.
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It could have been done to “Hide traces of violence”said a Ukrainian source in Russian media Istorieswho also participated in this investigation alongside The Guardian or from Ukrainska pravdaEmployer of Victoria Roshchina. Ukraine, which already accused Russia of having tortured the reporter, called on the UN and other international organizations to respond to these discoveries. “We urge the international community to react to the conclusions of this investigation”The spokesman for Ukrainian diplomacy, Guéorguiï Tykhy, commented Tuesday.
Thousands of Ukrainian civilians are held in prisons in Russia or in the occupied zone in Ukraine, where many of them are subject to tortures and private correspondence, according to NGOs and media.
