Гаряча лінія
Гаряча лінія
Oleksandr Shelest, a citizen of Ukraine who is being unjustifiably detained in Makeyevka Correctional Colony No. 32 in the temporarily occupied Donetsk region, has problems with his gastrointestinal tract. This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Lyudmyla Denisova.
Alexander is a lecturer in computer science at Donetsk National Technical University. On September 13, 2017, representatives of the occupation administration came to the Donetsk apartment where he lived with his mother, confiscated all equipment and arrested the man.
According to the information received by the Commissioner from relatives, after Oleksandr's detention he was placed in a temporary detention center. He was periodically taken for interrogation to the so-called "Department for Combating Organized Crime of the DNR State Security Committee", during which electric current was used.
On May 17, 2019, the so-called "Supreme Court of the DPR" sentenced Alexander to 11 years in prison for "espionage."
Alexander has serious problems with the gastrointestinal tract, constantly complains of abdominal pain.
He is not provided with any medical care in the Makeyevka Correctional Facility. Only medicines given by the mother help. Apart from elderly parents, there is no one to take care of Oleksandr Shelest, and his father has been ill lately.
"All the above actions against Oleksandr Shelest are violations not only of Ukrainian law but also of international law, including the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Rules of War, the Additional Protocols to the 1977 Geneva Conventions and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. 1950, "said Lyudmila Denisova.
The Commissioner appeals to the ICRC leadership in Ukraine to pay an urgent visit to Oleksandr Shelest and facilitate his immediate release. She also asked the OSCE Coordinator in the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Contact Group, Charlotte Relander, to intervene personally to raise the issue of his release.