# Freed US citizen was tortured in Russian jail, former Ukrainian prisoners say

https://mins.news/en/item/113319

- BBC News, 2026-10-23 20:18 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx7vpmn6qzmlo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Two Ukrainians held with freed American Stephen Hubbard say they saw Russian guards beat and humiliate him during more than four years in detention. They allege he was shocked with a stun gun, sexually humiliated and denied food and medical care; their accounts support claims by his family that he was tortured.

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