{"content":[{"text":"THE DONBAS CONFLICT: RUSSIA’S CULPABILITY \n UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW","bbox":{"left":0.235294,"top":0.096606,"width":0.478275,"height":0.038409}},{"text":"During the ongoing armed conflict between Ukrainian government forces and pro-","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.163591,"width":0.647902,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Russian separatist insurgents in the Donbas region of Ukraine (the Donetsk and Lugansk","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.198439,"width":0.695686,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Oblasts) that began in April 2014, numerous human rights violations and violations of","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.233288,"width":0.675743,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"international law have been noted on the part of the separatists affiliated with the so-called","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.268136,"width":0.7098039999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and Lugansk People's Republic (LPR). In a report from the","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.302985,"width":0.734588,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission, Ivan Šimonović, UN Assistant Secretary General for","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.337833,"width":0.73241,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"Human Rights, wrote about targeted killings, torture, abduction, illegal detention, and","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.372682,"width":0.6725479999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"intimidation of election officials in the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics, and called for","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.40753,"width":0.7241760000000002,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"urgent action to prevent a Balkans-style war. He also warned of a humanitarian crisis due to a","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.442379,"width":0.7343919999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"failure of social services in the region, and an exodus of people from affected areas. The UN also","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.477227,"width":0.761763,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"reported threats against, attacks on, and abductions of journalists and international observers, as","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.512076,"width":0.750764,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"well as the beatings and attacks on supporters of Ukrainian unity.","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.546924,"width":0.512157,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"A similar report by Human Rights Watch said: \"Anti-Kiev forces in eastern Ukraine are","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.589348,"width":0.689095,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"abducting, attacking, and harassing people they suspect of supporting the Ukrainian government","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.624197,"width":0.755058,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"or consider undesirable...anti-Kiev insurgents are using beatings and kidnappings to send the","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.659045,"width":0.7275290000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"message that anyone who doesn't support them had better shut up or leave\".","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.693894,"width":0.593529,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"The use of abductions as a method to maintain political power and to terrorize the local","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.736318,"width":0.6844700000000001,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"population into submission appears to have been one of the preferred abusive techniques utilized","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.771167,"width":0.7586279999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"by the pro-Russian separatist leadership. In early July, 2014, Amnesty International published a","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.806015,"width":0.7498819999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"report based upon evidence of beatings, torture, and abduction of activists, protesters and","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.840864,"width":0.6982349999999999,"height":0.020212000000000008}},{"text":"journalists by insurgents in the Donbas region. It said that \"while most abductions appear to have","bbox":{"left":0.117647,"top":0.875712,"width":0.761647,"height":0.020212000000000008}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}