In the wake of Ukraine’s 2014 Euromaidan revolution, the country’s General Prosecutor’s Office undertook a major investigation into the violence. This expanded into 89 criminal cases – covering murders of protesters and police officers, the violent dispersal of demonstrators by riot police, accusations against former president Viktor Yanukovych and the passing of so-called “dictatorship laws” in January 2014.
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A man destroys a picture depicting policemen shooting at EuroMaidan activists during the anti-government protests of 2014 as he attends a rally against ceasing investigations of EuroMaidan cases at President Volodymyr Zelensky's office in Kyiv on Nov. 8, 2019.
