The European Court of Human Rights may become involved in a case which will have a profound impact on the freedom of the media in Ukraine and efforts to tackle the endemic corruption which continues to grip the country four years after a revolution which was meant to usher in transparency and justice.
Independent: Journalism under threat and corruption prevails in Ukraine, despite IMF demands
Daria Kaleniuk, executive director of the Anti-Corruption Action Center, speaks at a rally against discredited Chief Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Nazar Kholodnytsky on July 17. She holds a backpack - a symbol of the backpack supplies case against Interior Minister Arsen Avakov's son Oleksandr and Avakov's former deputy Serhiy Chebotar. The case was closed by Kholodnytsky's office in July despite the ample evidence of wrongdoing by Oleksandr Avakov and Chebotar, including video footage.
