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| Ukraine rally after journalists are beaten | Ukraine rally after journalists are beaten |
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| Dozens of Ukrainian journalists have been staging a rally today outside the interior ministry in Kiev after the police initially refused to investigate the beating of two journalists. | Dozens of Ukrainian journalists have been staging a rally today outside the interior ministry in Kiev after the police initially refused to investigate the beating of two journalists. |
| Olha Snitsarchuk, a journalist with the Channel 5 television channel and her husband Vladislav Sodel, a photographer with the Kommersant daily, were punched and kicked by a group of men on Saturday while covering a political demonstration opposed to the government. It is believed their attackers were pro-government supporters. | Olha Snitsarchuk, a journalist with the Channel 5 television channel and her husband Vladislav Sodel, a photographer with the Kommersant daily, were punched and kicked by a group of men on Saturday while covering a political demonstration opposed to the government. It is believed their attackers were pro-government supporters. |
| Sodel told the rally that several policemen ignored his original pleas to intervene, watching indifferently as the reporters were thrown to the ground and hit. | Sodel told the rally that several policemen ignored his original pleas to intervene, watching indifferently as the reporters were thrown to the ground and hit. |
| Snitsarchuk, who suffered bruises to her face, was taken to hospital. | Snitsarchuk, who suffered bruises to her face, was taken to hospital. |
| After a public backlash, the interior ministry agreed to launch an investigation. | After a public backlash, the interior ministry agreed to launch an investigation. |
| Sources: Associated Prees via Boston Globe/Ukrainian Journal | Sources: Associated Prees via Boston Globe/Ukrainian Journal |
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