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RFE/RL: Ill-treatment of police suspect still common in Ukraine, report finds

Published May 9, 2018 at 3:01 pm

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A new report from the Council of Europe finds that, despite significant efforts in Ukraine to adopt European human right standards, law enforcement bodies in the country continue to treat suspects badly.

“The problem of ill-treatment still exists and has a systematic nature,” said the report, which was released on May 4 as part of the European Union’s and council’s Partnership for Good Governance Project aimed at strengthening human rights in the former Soviet country.