Ukraine: Investigate police violations despite demonstrator pardon

Headline Title: Ukraine: Investigate police violations despite demonstrator pardon 23 December 2013 Human rights violations against peaceful participants in the demonstrations that have rocked the Ukraine in the past month must be thoroughly investigated, said Amnesty International in a report published today. The organization is concerned that the blanket pardon of protestors arrested in the demonstrations is not used to detract from the abuses carried out by the police “While those accused of criminal and administrative offences during the protests have been pardoned,…

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