Ukraine guilty of human rights violations in trade union massacre, top European court finds - The Grayzone
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The court condemned Ukrainian authorities for failing to prevent a fiery 2014 massacre in which dozens of anti-Nazi activists were burned alive – but the judges’ political bias meant victims were implicitly blamed for their fate, and their families received a paltry 15,000 euro payout. The European Court of Human Rights has found the Ukrainian government guilty of committing human rights violations during the May 2, 2014 Odessa massacre, in which dozens of Russian-speaking demonstrators were forced into the city’s […]

The court condemned Ukrainian authorities for failing to prevent a fiery 2014 massacre in which dozens of anti-Nazi activists were burned alive – but the judges’ political bias meant victims were implicitly blamed for their fate, and their families received a paltry 15,000 euro payout.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250324165607/https://thegrayzone.com/2025/03/24/ukraine-guilty-violations-union-massacre-court/

Judgment: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press#{"itemid":["003-8180839-11477923"]}

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  • Bloomcole@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Clearly they don’t want to see facts going against their narrative.
    There also is a verdict showing the truth about the shots fired killing protesters and police during the Maidan coup.
    They came from the side of the rioters and not police, likely done by agent provocateurs but that’s difficult to prove.
    Unsurprisingly that verdict wasn’t newsworthy either in our neutral, free and so democratic western press.