Ukrainian police criticized for brutal anti-protester practices
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Ukrainian police criticized for brutal anti-protester practices
By Agence France-Presse
Thursday, February 13, 2014 16:27 EST
An elderly retiree accused of fomenting riots in Ukraine, a disabled man injured by rubber bullets, a father arrested for carrying tyres in his car, disappearances, deaths
Three weeks after clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces in Kiev turned deadly, police are facing increasing pressure over allegations they mistreated and wrongly accused dozens of protesters.
I was near a barricade when they (riot police) fired rubber bullets. I received one in the head and three in the stomach, says Ivan Kholod, who is being treated in an austere and labyrinthian hospital in the Ukrainian capital.
Then at one moment they charged. I couldnt run fast, so they caught me, he adds, speaking with difficulty one of the effects of a stroke suffered 10 years ago.