>The Center for the Enforcement of Human Rights International (CEHRI) and the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) of UN human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (46) and her husband, Hollywood star George Clooney (63), are suing Putin soldiers! > >▶︎ The foundation announced on Monday that it had filed a complaint with the Austrian Federal Prosecutor’s Office demanding an investigation into the crimes of sexual violence and murder committed by Russian forces in Ukraine. > >The background is evidence against perpetrators who occupied a village in the Kiev region in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The CFJ is representing two women who were raped by Russian soldiers at the time. > >”This case is first and foremost a testament to the incredible courage of the two Ukrainian women who chose to speak out and seek justice,” said Anya Neistat, Legal Director of the CFJ’s Docket Initiative, which advocates for accountability for atrocities around the world. > >”Olena” and “Olha” (names changed) were taken from their homes at night by drunken Russian soldiers accompanied by their commander. The soldiers first came to Olena’s home. When she asked if the soldiers would kill her, the commander replied that she had nothing to fear because “the boys just want to have fun”. > >The soldiers then went to Olha’s house. When her husband tried to prevent her from taking them with her, the soldiers shot him on the spot. > >After repeated rapes and other forms of sexual abuse, both women managed to escape and return to their homes, according to the lawsuit. A few weeks later, the village was liberated by Ukrainian troops. One of the women stayed in the village, the other fled to Austria. > >CEHRI, an Austrian non-profit organisation, carried out a detailed legal analysis which shows that Austria is entitled to investigate and prosecute these crimes as war crimes and crimes against humanity before Austrian courts on the basis of extraterritorial jurisdiction principles. > >The CFJ further writes in its statement: “The crimes were committed as part of a widespread and systematic pattern of human rights violations against the civilian population in the territories occupied by the Russian armed forces, which has been extensively documented by UN bodies and other organisations.” > >The lawsuit is directed against the direct perpetrators of the crimes as well as seven mid- and high-level commanders identified as suspects by the Docket Initiative. > >The case contains detailed evidence collected during the investigation on the ground in Ukraine, as well as a comprehensive analysis of open source data used to gather information on individual perpetrators, command structures and other evidence. > >CEHRI is calling on the Austrian authorities to open a criminal investigation and issue international arrest warrants for the suspects.
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Nice to see that the film actors guild is getting involved.
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>The Center for the Enforcement of Human Rights International (CEHRI) and the Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ) of UN human rights lawyer Amal Clooney (46) and her husband, Hollywood star George Clooney (63), are suing Putin soldiers!
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>▶︎ The foundation announced on Monday that it had filed a complaint with the Austrian Federal Prosecutor’s Office demanding an investigation into the crimes of sexual violence and murder committed by Russian forces in Ukraine.
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>The background is evidence against perpetrators who occupied a village in the Kiev region in the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The CFJ is representing two women who were raped by Russian soldiers at the time.
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>”This case is first and foremost a testament to the incredible courage of the two Ukrainian women who chose to speak out and seek justice,” said Anya Neistat, Legal Director of the CFJ’s Docket Initiative, which advocates for accountability for atrocities around the world.
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>”Olena” and “Olha” (names changed) were taken from their homes at night by drunken Russian soldiers accompanied by their commander. The soldiers first came to Olena’s home. When she asked if the soldiers would kill her, the commander replied that she had nothing to fear because “the boys just want to have fun”.
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>The soldiers then went to Olha’s house. When her husband tried to prevent her from taking them with her, the soldiers shot him on the spot.
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>After repeated rapes and other forms of sexual abuse, both women managed to escape and return to their homes, according to the lawsuit. A few weeks later, the village was liberated by Ukrainian troops. One of the women stayed in the village, the other fled to Austria.
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>CEHRI, an Austrian non-profit organisation, carried out a detailed legal analysis which shows that Austria is entitled to investigate and prosecute these crimes as war crimes and crimes against humanity before Austrian courts on the basis of extraterritorial jurisdiction principles.
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>The CFJ further writes in its statement: “The crimes were committed as part of a widespread and systematic pattern of human rights violations against the civilian population in the territories occupied by the Russian armed forces, which has been extensively documented by UN bodies and other organisations.”
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>The lawsuit is directed against the direct perpetrators of the crimes as well as seven mid- and high-level commanders identified as suspects by the Docket Initiative.
>
>The case contains detailed evidence collected during the investigation on the ground in Ukraine, as well as a comprehensive analysis of open source data used to gather information on individual perpetrators, command structures and other evidence.
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>CEHRI is calling on the Austrian authorities to open a criminal investigation and issue international arrest warrants for the suspects.
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Nice to see that the film actors guild is getting involved.
You’re screwed now Putin!
🤦🏻♂️