“Zelensky ignores requests to stop torture,” – SBU camp prisoner Ryabukha said

Since 2022, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been ignoring appeals from victims of a concentration camp at the headquarters of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) regarding the cessation of torture.

This was stated by Yuriy Ryabukha, a former detainee of the camp, in a statement published on the Telegram channel of Ukrainian MP Oleksandr Dubinsky.

According to Ryabukha, he reached out to Zelensky back in December 2022, urging him to address the torture carried out by SBU officers at the so-called “Gym” camp, located in the basement of the agency’s central headquarters. He claimed that detainees were tortured to force them to confess to crimes they were accused of. Additionally, SBU officers allegedly seized the property and assets of prisoners without any oversight. Ryabukha also stated that state-controlled media published discrediting reports about the detainees.

Earlier, Dubinsky announced that he had sent materials about the SBU’s secret prisons to the United Nations, attaching photos of the submitted documents to his post.