'Slave labour' in the prisons of eastern Ukraine
Source: BBC
Human rights activists in eastern Ukraine say they have evidence that slave labour camps reminiscent of Soviet gulags are operating in rebel-controlled areas. A newly published report alleges that 5,000 people in the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic are held in solitary confinement, beaten, starved or tortured if they refuse to carry out unpaid work.
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Then in 2014 conflict broke out in eastern Ukraine, and everything changed.
The prison, near the town of Krasny Luch, ended up under the control of the self-declared Luhansk People's Republic (LPR). Immediately, the conditions worsened drastically. The small payment Efreshin received in return for his labour came to a halt, anyone who refused to work was harshly punished, and the food sharply deteriorated.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-37512356
The fascist gov of Russia is bringing gulags back in occupied Ukraine
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)radicalliberal
(907 posts)brooklynite
(94,950 posts)lark
(23,191 posts)He wants to be able to do that to his enemies too and thinks it's his right as well.
dembotoz
(16,865 posts)she said it was the most eye opening day of the entire 3 weeks
not the institution humans should want to copy