Violation of human rights in Ukraine

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Human right violation in Ukraine. Image: news.kievukraine.info
What is happening in Ukraine? Whether there has been a violation of human rights in Kiev and surrounding areas during a demonstration in the former Soviet Union country. 

Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine are expanding their protests after talks between the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych stalled. Riot police brutally beat several people, including a 17-year-old, who were detained on January 20, 2014, during a standoff in Kiev.  

Ukraine’s human rights record remains poor. Candidates and supporters faced violence and harassment from authorities ahead of October parliamentary elections. Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko alleged ill-treatment in prison, where she is serving a seven-year sentence, and two of her former political allies were imprisoned.

Protests have gripped Ukraine since the government rejected a far-reaching accord with the EU in favor of stronger ties with Russia in November 2013. They turned violent on 19 January and deadly on 22 January. At least two people have been shot dead in the capital, Kiev, where confrontation degenerated into rioting after the government brought in tough new legislation to end mass protests on the main square.
A Ukrainian student has told the BBC he was tortured by riot police after being arrested during violent clashes in Kiev on Monday night, January 20, 2014. Mikhailo Niskoguz says he was taking photos before being detained by police, beaten and cut with a knife.
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Demonstration in Ukraine. Image: kyivpost.com
In the early hours the next day, unidentified assailants kidnapped two activists from a hospital and severely beat them; the body of one of them was found the next day. The government extradited two asylum seekers. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists face violence and harassment from nationalist groups.

 Parliament passed an anti-discrimination law and revised laws protecting asylum seekers. The European Union, United States, and other countries criticized the country’s deteriorating human rights situation.

According to a report posted on the Lenta.ru homepage, Kiselyov was covering the disturbances in the Ukrainian capital city. Ukrainian authorities should release Russian journalist Andrei Kiselyov, who has been taken into custody in Kyiv, head of the Russian president's Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov said. Human rights advocates, meanwhile, have called for investigations into what they say are a series of brutal attacks on protesters. Controversial new laws essentially ban large protests in Ukraine, a move that has sparked criticism from the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Ukrainian authorities have opened a criminal investigation into the kidnapping and Verbitsky’s death. The investigation should be independent and effective and should include any evidence that points to government collusion, Human Rights Watch said. Those responsible should be brought to justice. The White House condemned the violence taking place in Kiev, urged all sides to de-escalate and threatened sanctions against Ukraine if the situation did not improve, so problems related to the violation of human rights are still urgent in Ukraine.

To realize democracy and freedom to express their opinions and protest against the policies and laws in a country is not always peaceful. Governments often use violence and even kidnapping to intimidate the demonstrators, causing many human rights violations. However, the protesters also often carry out the action in excess, for example, the violence to the police, so it is difficult to assess who are most violations. That's why there should be an independent investigation so that the perpetrators could be determined and the actual incident. The same process should be done in Ukraine.

The primary source of this article include: hrw.org, bbc.co.uk, america.aljazeera.com, kyivpost.com and several other sources. Hopefully the issue of human rights violations in Kiev and other regions in Ukraine could end as soon as possible, and the offenders can be brought to a legitimate and independent court.

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