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==Aidar Battalion atrocities==
==Aidar Battalion atrocities==
[[Amnesty International]] reported on September 8, 2014 that members of the [[Maidan]]-backed Aidar battalion, operating in the north [[Lugansk]] region, have been involved in widespread abuses, including abductions, unlawful detention, ill-treatment, theft, extortion, and possible executions.<ref>https://archive.fo/hgpfJ</ref> The Aidar battalion is one of over thirty so-called volunteer battalions to have emerged in the wake of the [[Donbas war]], which have been loosely integrated into post-[[Maidan coup]] government security structures as they seek to retake [[Lugansk People's Republic]] (LPR) held areas.
[[Amnesty International]] reported on September 8, 2014 that members of the [[Maidan]]-backed Aidar battalion, operating in the north [[Lugansk]] region, were involved in widespread abuses, including abductions, unlawful detention, ill-treatment, theft, extortion, and possible executions.<ref>https://archive.fo/hgpfJ</ref> The Aidar battalion is one of over thirty so-called volunteer battalions to have emerged in the wake of the [[Donbas war]], which have been loosely integrated into post-[[Maidan coup]] government security structures as they seek to retake [[Lugansk People's Republic]] (LPR) held areas.
In the course of a two-week research mission to the region, an Amnesty International researcher interviewed dozens of victims and witnesses of the abuses, as well as local officials, army commanders and police officers in the area and representatives of the Aidar battalion. Amnesty International's findings indicated that, while formally operating under the command of the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] ([[SBU]]) forces combined headquarters in the region, members of the Aidar battalion act with virtually no oversight or control, and local police were either unwilling or unable to address the abuses. Some of the abuses committed by members of the Aidar battalion amount to [[war crimes]], for which both the perpetrators and, possibly, the commanders would bear responsibility under national and international law.
In the course of a two-week research mission to the region, an Amnesty International researcher interviewed dozens of victims and witnesses of the abuses, as well as local officials, army commanders and police officers in the area and representatives of the Aidar battalion. Amnesty International's findings indicated that, while formally operating under the command of the [[Security Service of Ukraine]] ([[SBU]]) forces combined headquarters in the region, members of the Aidar battalion act with virtually no oversight or control, and local police were either unwilling or unable to address the abuses. Some of the abuses committed by members of the Aidar battalion amount to [[war crimes]], for which both the perpetrators and, possibly, the commanders would bear responsibility under national and international law.