Article 13 – Humane treatment of prisoners
Prisoners of war must at all times be humanely treated. Any unlawful act or omission by the Detaining Power causing death or seriously endangering the health of a prisoner of war in its custody is prohibited, and will be regarded as a serious breach of the present Convention. In particular, no prisoner of war may be subjected to physical mutilation or to medical or scientific experiments of any kind which are not justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the prisoner concerned and carried out in his interest.
Likewise, prisoners of war must at all times be protected, particularly against acts of violence or intimidation and against insults and public curiosity.
Measures of reprisal against prisoners of war are prohibited.https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gciii-1949/article-13?activeTab=undefined
Ukraine Using Russian POWs as Human Demining Shields, Volunteer Says
The Kiev regime’s troops are coercing Russian prisoners of war (POWs) to march ahead of Ukrainian forces as human shields to set off mines in the direction of Zaporozhye, a Russian volunteer told reporters.
A Russian volunteer code named Topaz was captured by Ukrainian forces in the area of Donetsk. According to him, he was constantly humiliated, beaten and forced to dig defensive structures by Kiev’s security forces. He then went on to describe what happened, when Ukrainian forces received an order to move in the direction of Zaporozhye.
“They woke me up at night, at three o’clock in the morning, and another prisoner was forced to get up. They sent a group of Ukrainian servicemen on a mission, and they took two of us as deminers. Demining how? We were compelled to march ahead of the crew, so if suddenly someone [steps on a mine and] gets blown up, I would too and so would the other POW behind me,” he said.https://sputnikglobe.com/20230710/ukraine-using-russian-pows-as-human-demining-shields-volunteer-says-1111782037.html
Russia is well within their rights to enforce the Geneva Conventions, and to restore the sanctity of International Law.
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