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Scores of people were killed in violence that erupted during the Euromaidan protests in 2014
Scores of people were killed in violence that erupted during the Euromaidan protests in 2014
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.
Comment: Colm, what about those who suffered at the hands of the Right Sector snipers? Is justice in sight for them?
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.
Comment: Being a U.S.-government-funded outlet, RFE/RL neglects to mention the fact that the snipers were members of the neofascist Right Sector extremist group.
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.