UN sounds alarm on human rights in east

It also found "serious problems" of harassment and persecution of ethnic Tatars in Crimea, the mainly ethnic Russian region Moscow annexed in March.The conclusions are contained in the UN's monthly report on the crisis.Deadly violence between separatists and pro-Ukrainian forces has left dozens dead in the east and south this month."Those with influence on the armed groups responsible for much of the violence in eastern Ukraine [must] do their utmost to rein in these men who seem bent on tearing the country apart," UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said in Geneva, as the 37-page monitoring report was released.The UN's report reveals a growing lawlessness in eastern and southern Ukraine:Peaceful demonstrations, primarily by supporters of Ukraine's unity, deteriorate into violenceProtesters are attacked and beatenLocal police do nothing to prevent the violence and sometimes openly co-operate with the attackersUN monitors have also documented cases of targeted killings, torture and abduction, primarily carried out by anti-government forces in eastern Ukraine.Journalists and international observers have been threatened, some have been abducted or attacked.(BBC)Bakudaily.az