Article 71MTE EU imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials responsible for death of Ukrainian journalist

EU imposes sanctions on Russian prison officials responsible for death of Ukrainian journalist

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Pjotr Sauer
from World news | The Guardian on (#71MTE)

Viktoriia Roshchyna died aged 27 after a year in extrajudicial detention at a jail notorious for torture

The European Union has imposed sanctions against Russian prison officials responsible for the death of the Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna.

Roshchyna was reporting on Russia's systematic policy of extrajudicial detention and torture in occupied parts of Ukraine, before falling victim to it herself. She died at the age of 27 last year after more than a year in Russian captivity. Her body was returned earlier this year with some of the internal organs missing.

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