Russia's Recruitment of Foreign Nationals Amounts to Human Trafficking, Amnesty International Says
Amnesty says recruiters promise civilians high-paying jobs or citizenship, then seize passports and send foreigners to the front lines after brief training.
- On Thursday, Amnesty International released a report alleging Russia uses deceptive and coercive practices to recruit foreign nationals from low-income countries into its Armed Forces, concluding these actions amount to human trafficking under the UN's Palermo Protocol.
- Recruiters lure individuals with false promises of lucrative civilian employment in sectors like IT or security, while local agents and misleading online advertisements exploit the precarious status of migrants and refugees already in Russia.
- Upon signing contracts—often in languages recruits do not understand—they face restricted movement and threats of imprisonment or death, with many reporting passports and mobile phones confiscated before deployment to combat zones after just two weeks of preparation.
- Researchers interviewed 15 captured third-country nationals from Brazil, Colombia, and Sri Lanka; while one prisoner recounted 58 others on his trip, only three recruits told researchers they knew they had signed a military contract.
- Amnesty called on Russia to immediately end these practices, urging other states to take proactive measures to combat this human trafficking while emphasizing the need for full accountability for all complicit parties, including private recruiters and military commanders.
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Amnesty International has accused Russia of human trafficking in the recruitment of foreign fighters for war in Ukraine.
Russia again attacks Kiev a few hours after the departure of American envoys from the Ukrainian capital. Russia cheats foreigners from countries such as Brazil, Colombia and Cuba to recruit them for war in Ukraine, denounced Amnesty International on Thursday (10). The organization heard prisoners of war who claimed to have signed military contracts with Moscow after they were attracted to the country. In addition to Brazilians and Colombians, am…
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Quotidiano NazionaleLondon, 10 Sep. (askanews) - Amnesty International has accused Russia of "trafficking human beings" for deceiving foreign citizens to enlist in the army, according to a report made public by the organization that has made use of testimonies of Russian prisoners. "A search by Amnesty International describes in detail the deceptive, coercive and exploitation practices that Russia is using to recruit foreign citizens into its armed forces and send …
Russia is using human trafficking to recruit foreigners for its war in Ukraine, human rights group Amnesty International said in a report published on Thursday.
Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Cuba: In the Ukrainian POW camps there are always people who come from low-income areas of the Global South. According to Amnesty International, Russia lures them with false promises and sends them to the front under compulsion.
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