Document #1103199

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Ukrainian Jailed In Crimea Over Euromaidan 'Murder' Charge

June 10, 2016

A 23-year-old Ukrainian who says he was tortured has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder by a court in Russia-annexed Crimea.

The court in Simferopol on June 10 said Andriy Kolomiyet had thrown a Molotov cocktail at two former Ukrainian Berkut riot police during the pro-Western Euromaidan protests in Kyiv in January 2014. 

Kolomiyets was arrested in Russia’s North Caucasus region in May 2015 and transported to Crimea, where he has been held in custody ever since.

Kolomiyets has said he was tortured into confessing to taking part in extremist Ukrainian organizations during protests in Kyiv in 2014 that led to the ouster of pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych. 

Human rights activists in Ukraine have described the charges against Kolomiyets as absurd. 

Based on reporting by TASS and Interfax

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ecoi.net description:
Crimea: 23-year-old Ukrainian sentenced to 10 years of jail for attempted murder because of assaulting 2 police officers in Kyiv in January 2014; he says he was tortured into confessing being a member of an extremist organisation
Countries:
Russian Federation, Ukraine
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-euromaidan-murder-charge-crimea/27790574.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
10 June 2016
Document ID:
1103199 (former ID 325272)

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