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Russian soldiers tied to tree for refusing to fight, activists say

Soldiers serving in a motorized rifle battalion in the Russia-controlled region of Donetsk put to 'torture by cold and rain:' report

by · National Post

A Russian military officer ordered soldiers under his command to be “tied to a tree overnight” as punishment for refusing to fight on the front line, human rights activists say.

Soldiers serving in a motorized rifle battalion in the Russia-controlled region of Donetsk in Ukraine were put to “torture by cold and rain,” activists with the Movement of Conscientious Objectors (MCO), a non-profit organization that aids those refusing conscription wrote on Telegram on Dec. 1. 

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