Ministry Of Internal Affairs (Ukraine)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Міністерство внутрішніх справ України, Ministerstvo vnutrishnikh sprav Ukrayiny, MVS) is the main body executive power that provides the formation and realization of state policy in the protection of rights and liberties of citizens, on unlawful acts against the interest of society and state, fight against crime, providing civil order, ensuring civil security, traffic safety, and the security and protection of very important persons. It is a centralised agency headed by a Minister of Internal Affairs.
The generic term for the Ukrainian police (and for police in most of the post-Soviet countries) is militsiya.
According to Amnesty International, torture and ill-treatment by the militia is widespread in Ukraine. Proof of this was confirmed by President Viktor Yanukovych in December 2011. Several militia officers were arrested in 2010 for allegedly torturing detainees.
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