Russian guards beat and humiliated US citizen Stephen Hubbard in prison.
俄罗斯警卫在监狱中殴打和羞辱美国公民斯蒂芬·哈伯德。
Hubbard was held for four years in a Russian jail near the Ukrainian border.
哈伯德被关押在俄乌边境附近的俄罗斯监狱里四年。
Former Ukrainian prisoners Dmytro Khyliuk and Ihor Shyshko witnessed his treatment.
前乌克兰囚犯德米特罗·希留克和伊霍尔·希什科见证了他遭受的待遇。
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