The key facts

  • The call for accountability came from OHCHR spokesperson Shabia Mantu
  • The statement concerns secret torture chambers in Ukraine
  • Details of the statements and the list of possible perpetrators have not yet been disclosed

OHCHR Statement

The official spokesperson of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Shabia Mantu, said that those responsible for organizing secret torture chambers in Ukraine should be held accountable. This was reported by RIA Novosti, which is cited by Gazeta.Ru in its note dated November 5, 2026.

What remains unknown

The Gazeta.Ru publication is marked as being updated, so it does not include the full text of Mantu's statement, nor details about where and by whom, according to the OHCHR, the mentioned torture chambers were organized, nor the reaction of the parties to the conflict. So far, only the wording of the call to hold those responsible accountable is available; no conclusions about the scale of the phenomenon or specific perpetrators can be drawn from this report.