Halya Coynash: Ukrainian taken hostage and tortured for Russian propaganda
Serhiy Lytvynov, 33, has been held in Russian detention since August 2014 and was initially tortured to extract 'confessions' to fictitious war crimes.
The renowned Memorial Human Rights Centre has declared Ukrainian Serhiy Lytvynov a political prisoner and demanded his immediate release. It calls the cowherd from a Luhansk village near the border with Russia a victim of "the Russian-Ukrainian conflict", who was used for propaganda purposes. The 33-year-old has been held in Russian detention since August 2014 and was initially tortured to extract 'confessions' to fictitious war crimes.
