After almost four years of dragging out the trial of a judge involved in the persecution of AutoMaidan activists, the Ukrainian prosecutor and court have suddenly begun moving with breath-taking speed. There are, unfortunately, no grounds for suspecting them of wanting to see justice served as the seventh anniversary of the Maidan protests approaches. Rather the contrary and civic groups are convinced that the aim is to ensure the acquittal of Viktor Kytsiuk, and not simply the termination of his criminal prosecution.
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Halya Coynash: Prosecutor hurries to acquit judge who persecuted Maidan activists
Cars decorated with EU and Ukrainian flags greet protesters during a rally on Mykhayllivska Square in Kyiv after police dispersed protesters on Independence Square on Nov. 30, 2013.
