Ukraine guilty of human rights violations in trade union massacre, top European court finds - The Grayzone
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The court condemned Ukrainian authorities for failing to prevent a fiery 2014 massacre in which dozens of anti-Nazi activists were burned alive – but the judges’ political bias meant victims were implicitly blamed for their fate, and their families received a paltry 15,000 euro payout. The European Court of Human Rights has found the Ukrainian government guilty of committing human rights violations during the May 2, 2014 Odessa massacre, in which dozens of Russian-speaking demonstrators were forced into the city’s […]

The court condemned Ukrainian authorities for failing to prevent a fiery 2014 massacre in which dozens of anti-Nazi activists were burned alive – but the judges’ political bias meant victims were implicitly blamed for their fate, and their families received a paltry 15,000 euro payout.

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250324165607/https://thegrayzone.com/2025/03/24/ukraine-guilty-violations-union-massacre-court/

Judgment: https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng-press#{"itemid":["003-8180839-11477923"]}

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  • Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.winEnglish
    96·
    7 days ago

    Yeah it’s a vaguely written article about a ruling that was almost 2 weeks old using a clickbait headline.

    In the ruling (which is what is linked from the actual court):

    the European Court of Human Rights Court held, unanimously, that there had been: violations of Article 2 (right to life/investigation) of the European Convention on Human Rights, on account of the relevant authorities’ failure to do everything that could reasonably be expected of them to prevent the violence in Odesa on 2 May 2014, to stop that violence after its outbreak, to ensure timely rescue measures for people trapped in the fire, and to institute and conduct an effective investigation into the events;

    and a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life) in respect of one applicant (application no. 39553/16) concerning the delay in handing over her father’s body for burial.

    The rights violations were due to an inadequate response and failure to protect lives during a riot. Also, while Ukraine’s name is on the ruling, the details given in that pdf clearly show it was pro-Russian elements in the government, police, and crowd responsible for the lethal violence and lack of protections during what is essentially a Civil War. IF that isn’t enough, the ECHR spells the Capital ‘Kyiv’, while in the article it is ‘Kiev’. Just in case you still have doubts about the bias.

    Frankly, a mod posting such biased and antiquated news headlines tells me all I need to know about what this community is about: perpetuating the russian narrative. It’s either that or it is being adjudicated by people who do zero critical thinking or bother to read the articles they link.