# IN BRIEF: International rights groups ignore Kiev’s network of unofficial prisons

https://mins.news/en/item/126842

- TASS, 2026-11-03 09:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2212297

> Ukrainian media reported that armed men were holding about 40 people in a private-house basement near Kiev. After clashes and protests by residents, Ukraine’s National Guard agreed to let detainees go to medical facilities for examinations. Russian officials said similar secret detention sites exist elsewhere in the country.

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