'They have tortured people to force confessions out of them’ - Meet the Ukraine police Amnesty are battling to control
The human rights organisation have raised concerns about the brutality reported in the country ahead of Euro 2012, with police still stuck in their old Soviet ways Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, England, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, euro 2012, watch euro 2012 Their job is to ‘protect and serve’; to defend the civil liberties of their people and punish those who threaten the security, rights and freedom of both their own citizens and visitors to their nation. It is in the company of the police that the public are meant to feel at their safest. However, as Ukraine gears up to co-host Euro 2012, there are increasing fears that the very people employed to ensure safety could prove to be the biggest threat to football fans arriving to cheer on their teams. Human rights organisation Amnesty International has demanded urgent reforms of the Ukrainian police force due to a concerning trend of criminali...