Ukraine Police Break up Peaceful Protest Against Far-Right Violence

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Police detain protesters at a protest against impunity for far-right violence, Kyiv, Ukraine, January 19, 2021. © 2021Coцiальний рух Ukrainian activists gather every year on January 19 to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, both gunned down by a radical nationalist in Moscow in 2009. In previous years, violent thugs from far-right radical groups, including C14, Traditsii I Poryadok (Traditions and Order) and others threatened such protests. The police detained several activists in…

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