Around 50 men and women attended rally in front of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) building in Kyiv on August 1 to mark the one-year anniversary of the fatal attack against Kherson-based anti-corruption activist Kateryna Gandziuk. The activists demanded that the five men suspected of organizing the murder face punishment.
On July 31, 2018, Gandziuk was doused in a liter of sulfuric acid as she left her home in Kherson, a city of around 289,000 people located 550 kilometers to the south of Kyiv. She died in a Kyiv hospital three months later.
Gandziuk was a member of the Kherson Oblast Council who publicly accused high-ranking local officials of profiteering from illegal timber smuggling.
On June 5, five men who carried out the attack were sentenced to several years in prison each. However, supporters and colleagues of Gandziuk argue that, not only were these prison sentences too small, but the real organizers of her killing remain at large.
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