posted by zaina19 on January, 2006 as Human Rights
From: MSN NicknameEagle_wng (Original Message) Sent: 1/1/2006 1:45 PM 29.12.2005 16:56 MSK Ukrainian seamen used as slaves on Russian vessel UKRAINE, Kiev. Sixteen seamen, who were used as slaves by the captain of the Russian ship, Pervorechensk, have returned from Vladivostok to Ukraine. Another nine Ukrainians are still onboard the vessel; Ukrainian Consulate in Valdivostok is helping them to prepare documents so they could return home.
Earlier, Russian sales agents offered 25 Ukrainian seamen a good job; the seamen paid them the sum of $30,000 to be employed. They were brought to Sakhalin and taken onboard the ship with no name or a flag. For almost six months they fished for crabs in the Sea of Japan without any payment. If their catch fell short of the required minimum, the ship's captain and his mates beat the seamen, denied them food, sleep and rest. The vessel was impounded by Japanese coastguard and was later found to go under the name of Pervorechensk. The captain was arrested.
This information was given to PRIMA-News correspondent by the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine.
Translated by Olga Sharp PRIMA-News Agency [2005-12-27-Ukr-26] http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2005/12/29/34537.html
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