Ukrainian seized and tortured by Donbas militants after returning for his elderly mother

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  1. I don’t know what to think about news coming from an organization that has as main sponsor the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). Wasn’t there some criticism about their activities in Eastern Europe?

  2. Russia historically has treated its own people like this, Europe would be foolish to think its enemies would get anything better.

  3. One of the reasons I haven’t seen my paternal grandma and granddad since 2014. They are now on a Russian occupied territory, in a small town near Donetsk. I myself Russian-Ukrainian, born in Russia but raised in Ukraine.

  4. I just leave a few links about infamous [Izoliatsiia prison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izolyatsia_prison). An [insulating materials factory](https://izolyatsia.org/en/foundation/history/) turned into [modern art space](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izolyatsia), turned into [illegal prison facility](https://jfp.org.ua/rights/porushennia/violation_categories/nezakonni-mistsia-nesvobody/rights_violations/tiurmy-ta-kativni-donetska-zavod-izoliatsiia?locale=en).

    * [IZOLYATSIA in Exile [short description of events during 2014 seizure of the facility]](https://izolyatsia.org/en/foundation/exile/)

    * [A Twitter thread in English focusing on captive women held in Izoliatsiia](https://twitter.com/nichvydycia/status/1427292299567026180)

    * Several cases from the Twitter thread above also mentioned in this article: [Ukraine: Torture, Ill-Treatment by Armed Groups in East](https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/07/05/ukraine-torture-ill-treatment-armed-groups-east)

    * [Donetsk’s “Isolation” torture prison](https://neweasterneurope.eu/2021/01/05/donetsks-isolation-torture-prison/)

    * [The Izoliatsiia Grinder in Russia-Controlled Donets’k](https://khpg.org/en/1608809257)

    * [A Present-Day Concentration Camp in Eastern Europe](https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/present-day-concentration-camp-eastern-europe)

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