An armed pro-Russian takes position at a checkpoint in the eastern Ukranian city of Slavyansk on Thursday.
KIEV The United Nations warned yesterday of an "alarming deterioration" of human right in eastern Ukraine, where the government is battling an insurgency by armed pro-Russian separatists
In a new report, UN Hight Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay also voiced deep concern about "serious problems" of harassment and intimidation facing the Tatar community in Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in March in the face of international outrage