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Scores of people were killed in violence that erupted during the Euromaidan protests in 2014
Amnesty International says
the Ukrainian criminal justice system has "resisted and obstructed justice" when dealing with the human rights violations committed
by police during the Euromaidan protests five years ago.
Colm O Cuanachain, senior director at the office of the London-based group's secretary-general,
made the comment on February 19, which marked the fifth anniversary of the protest movement's worst day of violence.
"Five years is a long time to wait when it comes to justice, and for most victims who suffered at the hands of Ukrainian police, justice is still not even in sight," he said during a trip to Kyiv.
In February 2014, Moscow-friendly President Viktor Yanukovych was pushed from power following months of massive protests known as the Euromaidan and fled to Russia.
More than 100 people were killed and 2,500 injured in clashes with security forces,
some of them shot dead by snipers.
The death toll
included at least 13 police officers, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Comment: For an objective analysis of the sniper massacre of February 20, 2014, and all other significant escalations in the Ukraine crisis, see Gordon Hahn's book, Ukraine Over the Edge.