33-year-old Valentin Vyhivsky has not seen his small son for over 2 years. He was seized at Simferopol railway station on 17 September 2014 and taken against his will to Russia. There he was held incommunicado for several months, during which he was beaten and tortured, and twice subjected to mock executions. Without any contact with his family, access to the consul and a proper lawyer, he provided the ‘confessions’ demanded of him, and was, in October 2015 sentenced to 11 years maximum security prison.
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Valentin Vyhivsky
