Nina Belyaeva

FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY : CASE “EVROMAYDAN”

All 2013 the Ukrainian government has demonstrated a strong commitment to conclude an Association Agreement with the EU, the signing was scheduled for the summit in Vilnius, which was planned from 25 to 29 November 2013

This policy has found broad support among a significant portion of the population, although it had also enemies (eg, Ukrainian Communists)

UKRAINIAN POLICY ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

EVROMAYDAN : STARTING PROTESTS

13.11.13 Opposition leaders warned on mass protests, if disrupted the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU

18.11.13 Yuriy Lutsenko, one of opposition leader, declared their intention to hold a meeting on November 24 in support of European integration in Kiev

21.11.13

The Ukrainian government decides not to sign an agreement with the European Union

Kiev district court imposes a ban on any assembly of citizens from November, 21 till January, 7, 2014

In Kiev begin spontaneous rallies in support of European integration. - # of days of continuous actions - more than 60; - # of participants - several million people

EVENING AND NIGHT FROM 21 TO 22 NOVEMBER 2013 MAYDAN. KIEV

News renouncing Agreement with the European Union distributed social networks, in the center of Kiev arise spontaneous rallies townspeople, leaders of opposition. # of participants ~ 1.5 - 2 thous. people. Them do not leave the Maydan until the morning

On this day, much smaller in number of participants also went out on spontaneous rallies in several other cities of Ukraine: Vinnitsa (500 pers.), Donetsk (about 100 people), Krivoy Rog (about 70 people), Sumy (about 150 people), Kharkov (about 50 people)and Chernovtsi (about 50 people)

NIGHT FROM 21 TO 22 NOVEMBER 2013 MAYDAN. KIEV

24 NOVEMBER 2013, KIEV

In Kiev held mass demonstrations in the streets of the city came out more than 100 thousand people. At the rally was announced about indefinite protest

24 NOVEMBER 2013, KIEV

24 NOVEMBER 2013, KIEV. CREATION OF A TENT CAMPDespite the decision of the Kyiv District Administrative Court to ban the installation of small architectural forms in the center of Kiev until January 7, 2014, representatives of the united opposition established by Maydane15 army canvas tents and 20 tents.

***Were also set up the first meeting coordination structures: tent camp commandant

was elected Andrew Paruby. Advocacy led Vyacheslav Kirilenko

On the background of the summit in Vilnius from 25 till 28 November, in the camp is not more than 300 participants. Day came to a place of action,

several thousand citizens

MAYDAN FROM 29 TO 39 NOVEMBERNovember 28-29 summit was held in Vilnius Eastern Partnership. In the middle of the day on November 29, it became known that the President of Ukraine has not signed the association agreement with the EU.

Later in the afternoon on November 29 at the Independence Square (Maidan) appears police detachment of special purpose "Berkut“. By 4 am on November 30 at the area was no more than 500 protesters, they were mostly students. At this time the police started crackdown hard rally, there were so many badly beaten and injured young people, police used plastic (not rubber) clubs. Just dispersal of the rally was attended by about 300 police special purpose.

PROTESTS AFTER POLICE DISPERSED A RALLY 11/30/13

In protest against the police crackdown on the peaceful rally on December 1 Kiev street protests left 800 000 participants (evaluation of the opposition). Participants of the rally took several administrative building, which houses the headquarters of the shares, recreational rally participants, information point, point distribution of warm clothes, a place to gather funds for legal advice centers help political prisoners. From Lvov to Kiev organized arrived about 10 thousand inhabitants

TENT CAMP

POSITION OF THE PROTEST ACTION ON CITY SCHEME

RADICALIZATION OF PROTEST

Changed the content requirements of the authorities. Without removing the requirements in support of European integration, the participants of the rally began to nominate a number of political radical demands - resignation of the government, new parliamentary and presidential elections.

On the square Maidan all time protest action has not been any riots and clashes with police. It regularly hosts meetings with politicians and public figures. Clashes with police and burning cars occur outside the tent city on the Maidan. According to media reports in clashes with police participate nationalist youth group. Several times between the police and these groups of young people got up opposition leader Vladimir Klitschko attempts to separate the warring parties

In the picture - provocateurs who tried to discredit a peaceful protest on the "Maidan" in Kiev, committing riots. When this

happened, civil society activists, participants peaceful and non-violent action on "Maidan", detained them

First dead. According to media reports and social media January 22, died from a gunshot wound

21-year-old Sergei Nigoyan and also Michael Jiznevsky. It is also reported that the death toll of at

least four people

Is there leadership to stop the violenсe?