Halya Coynash: Outrage as the Security Service shames Ukraine by blocking torture monitors
As reported, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) announced on May 25 that it had suspended its visit after the SBU denied its delegation access to places in several parts of the country where it suspected that the SBU was illegally depriving people of their liberty.
The news that UN anti-torture monitors had been forced to suspend a visit to Ukraine due to obstruction from Ukraine's SBU [Security Service] has elicited outrage and consternation. The feeble excuses issued only compound the suspicion that the SBU has something to conceal.
