Sexual violence against men in Russia: UN warns of the number of unreported cases!

Sexual violence against men in Russia: UN warns of the number of unreported cases!

Bucha, Ukraine - The UN raises the alarm: Ukrainian men are exposed to cruel sexual assault in Russian prisons! According to the UN population fund (UNFPA), the official figures from 114 men who have experienced sexual violence since the beginning of the comprehensive invasion of the comprehensive invasion of February 2022 are probably strongly understood. The number of unreported cases could be ten to twenty times higher!

The shame and the stigma associated with such crimes cause many cases not to be reported. The Ukrainian Attorney General has also documented 202 female survivors, but the reality could be much darker. An investigation of the UN Human Rights Commission published in September revealed that sexual violence was systematically used as a torture method, especially against men in the detention centers of the Russian authorities.

horrific reports from the prisons

The reports from the occupied areas of Ukraine and Russia are shocking. Higher -ranking Russian officers either ordered the abuse or tacitly tolerated them. Massimo Diana, the UNFPA representative in Ukraine, emphasizes that most victims of sexual violence are women and girls, but are also often affected by men and people with different gender identities. The survivors face enormous hurdles when they are looking for support that includes both structural and deep personal barriers.

Psychologists who with surviving work report a deep feeling of shame, which plagues many victims according to the attacks. In addition, Russian troops have videos of male Ukrainian prisoners who are raped, to whose relatives sent - a hideous remedy for blackmail and humiliation. The reports of torture and sexual violence in this conflict are alarming and throw a dark shadow on the humanitarian situation in the region.