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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Tue Feb 11, 2014, 02:11 PM Feb 2014

US Threatens Sanctions Against Ukraine Over Protest Violence

Source: RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 11 (RIA Novosti) – American lawmakers backed a resolution on Monday night threatening sanctions against officials in Ukraine if violence is used against pro-European protestors.

The US House of Representatives voted 381 to 2 to endorse the resolution in support of Ukraine's pro-European opposition movement.

It calls on the government in Ukraine to "release and drop criminal charges against [demonstrators] detained for exercising their democratic rights." The resolution also urges the Ukrainian authorities to prosecute those responsible for previous cases of violence against protesters.

The resolution warns that in case of “further violence by government authorities against peaceful protestors, the [US] may consider targeted sanctions against [officials] who authorize or engage in this use of force."

Read more: http://en.ria.ru/world/20140211/187427972/US-Threatens-Sanctions-Against-Ukraine-Over-Protest-Violence.html

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US Threatens Sanctions Against Ukraine Over Protest Violence (Original Post) Purveyor Feb 2014 OP

Hey guys, what about unemployment insurance? nt bemildred Feb 2014 #1

The World's policeman has spoken warrant46 Feb 2014 #5

Occupy should've used Molotov cocktails jakeXT Feb 2014 #2

No, they should not have. Pterodactyl Mar 2014 #6

And the Ukraine replied: "Go Sanction yourself." n/t malthaussen Feb 2014 #3

The hypocrisy is comical, at this point. 1000words Feb 2014 #4

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

1. Hey guys, what about unemployment insurance? nt

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 02:21 PM

Feb 2014

warrant46

(2,205 posts)

5. The World's policeman has spoken

Reply to bemildred (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 03:09 PM

Feb 2014

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

2. Occupy should've used Molotov cocktails

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2014, 02:24 PM

Feb 2014

Activist Allegedly Beaten Into Unconsciousness By Police Faces 7 Years In Prison For Elbowing Cop

Over one weekend in March 2012, police arrested more than 70 Occupy Wall Street activists in a violent altercation in New York City’s Zuccotti Park. Among those arrested was then 23-year-old graduate student Cecily McMillan, who suffered a seizure while allegedly being beaten unconscious by police. On Monday, McMillan will go to court to face up to seven years in prison over felony charges that she assaulted a police officer with her elbow.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/02/10/3271411/occupy-wall-street-brutality/