'Slave labour' in the prisons of eastern Ukraine

[uhnope]

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

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The fascist gov of Russia is bringing gulags back in occupied Ukraine

[Duckhunter935]

1. Would not surprise me a bit

[radicalliberal]

2. Thank you for calling attention to the human rights violations in occuppied Ukraine. n/t

[brooklynite]

3. Remember the good old days when this was just "CIA-sponsored propaganda"?

[lark]

4. Donald is so jealous!

He wants to be able to do that to his enemies too and thinks it's his right as well.

[dembotoz]

5. friend just back from vaca in russia including the gulag museum

she said it was the most eye opening day of the entire 3 weeks

not the institution humans should want to copy