How Ukraine is trying to make Russia pay for crimes against women

[sheshe2]

Horrifying stories of sexual violence perpetrated by Russian soldiers have been piling up on prosecutors’ desks as Ukrainian officials and human rights groups document the crimes committed in the first year of Moscow’s invasion.

“In one village we found several victims of sexual violence. There were five victims on one street. It’s awful. These crimes took place in every city that was under the occupation,” recalled Anna Orel, an activist with the Andreev Foundation, a group that provides sexual assault victims with psychological aid.

“One victim was taken by a Russian soldier and asked to go to her friend’s house where they killed the husband, who tried to stop them from entering his house, and raped both the woman and her friend,” Orel told The Hill.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General has confirmed 156 cases of sexual violence against women in cities and towns that were occupied by the Russians — but that is likely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to sexual crimes committed during the war.

As Ukraine marked a somber anniversary last week, the questions facing advocates and prosecutors is whether Russian aggressors will be brought to justice, and what that will look like for victims facing emotional, physical and societal trauma.

More: https://thehill.com/policy/international/3877475-how-ukraine-is-trying-to-make-russia-pay-for-crimes-against-women/

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I will never forgive Putin, his armies or those in the GOP that support these atrocities. It breaks my heart. These are crimes against humanity.

[brer cat]

1. The women and children deserve justice.

All of Ukraine deserves justice.

[sheshe2]

3. Yes, they all deserve justice.

[Cha]

2. Deadly Vicious Barbaric Crimes Against Humanity..

by the Russian Invaders.

Actually I can't find the words to accurately express these Atrocities.

All we ask for now is Justice for the Ukrainian Victims and Ukraine and their Allies to Kick Russia Back to Hell.

Mahlao, she

[sheshe2]

4. I don't have words either, Cha.

Russia needs to be held accountable for crimes against humanity.

[Cha]

5. ..

[Alexander Of Assyria]

6. Such crimes must be vigorously prosecuted. Time for all holdouts to join the ICJ and

assist in these prosecutions, America can lead the way.

[ancianita]

10. America is a holdout, has not signed on to the ICC, & so doesn't give it jurisdiction over the US.

It won't lead the way. Though under Biden should return it as part of the ICJ's jurisdiction.

https://www.cfr.org/video/united-states-and-icj

[niyad]

7. May Nemesis deal with all the perpetrators and enablers, wherever they are.

[vercetti2021]

8. Easy solution

You put a bullet in the back of their heads and drop them in a hole. Fuck the russian army.

[dflprincess]

9. We can only hope they don't get away with it this time like they did after WWII

In the Berlin Russian Zone it was said that there wasn't a girl or woman between 8 and 80 who hadn't been raped. I assume this was true anywhere in Germany or other areas the Russians had occupied.

The world, and in particular, the other Allies were so preoccupied with the atrocities the Nazis had committed they all turned a blind eye to what was happening to German civilians. I'm sure there were American, French, and British soldiers who committed similar crimes, but not on this scale and not with the blessing of their governments.