Washington – Amnesty International Human Rights Organization has condemned the kidnapping of Ukrainian opposition activist Dmytro Bulatov.
“The abduction and torture of Ukrainian opposition activist Dmytro Bulatov is a barbaric act, which must be investigated immediately,” Amnesty International has said.
“The Ukrainian authorities must immediately open an investigation into Dmytro Bulatov’s case and bring to justice those who committed this barbaric act against a prominent protest organizer,” said Europe and Central Asia Program Director at Amnesty International John Dalhuisen.
According to a statement posted by the organization, Ukrainian authorities must send a strong message to the perpetrators of these appalling acts of violence that there will be no impunity and that they will be held accountable.
As reported, Bulatov disappeared on the evening of January 22. He is one of the main organizers and participants of the Avtomaidan rallies, where convoys of cars join the Euromaidan demonstrations that have been ongoing in Kyiv since November 2013.
Bulatov says he was beaten, tortured and crucified during the eight days that followed his abduction. Blindfolded for long periods of time and given very little food, he was interrogated by men with Russian accents, who wanted to know who was funding his activities.
On January 30, he was thrown from a car and left to die in freezing temperatures in a forest on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv. He is now being treated for his injuries in hospital.
