This clip is being called “a must-see video of a
Ukrainian girl asking the world for help against
[police] oppression and corruption.” It has gone viral and left an impression on millions of people. Here is a brief description from the
Facebook page linked to the video on YouTube:
This is Yulia. She is a post-graduate student in
literature. After the first people were killed on Hrushevskogo St.,
she posted about it on Facebook. She felt like screaming about
every- thing that had been happening in [Ukraine].
Her friend suggested
to make the video of the same statement for more people to see and hear
her. They made the video on Hrushevskogo next to the destroyed makeshift
hospital. It was very cold then and her speech is uneven sometimes.” I
wanted to show that here I am -- a person. If you say there are radicals
and terrorists in our streets, then I am a terrorist too,” explains
Yulia.
Life in Kiev, Ukraine before police and military began killing civilians
Pussy Riot whipped, beaten, tear gassed by Russian police in Sochi
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| The head of the Udar (Punch) party Vitali Klitschko speaks to a man as
anti-government protesters gather on Independence Square (Maidan) in Kiev on
February 21, 2014. Pres. Yanukovych and three main
opposition leaders signed a deal to end three-month
crisis over the ex-Soviet country's future that has led to ~100 murders by police (AFP/Bulent Kilic). |
This
deal helps [Ukrainian President] Yanukovych, who can now get the support of Putin's KGB as
Pres. Putin will no longer be busy with Sochi [and the Winter Olympics]. If I were a Ukrainian then I
would keep the protest going until Yanukovych is finally out and not
replaced by another Putin puppet. If Ukrainians do not win now then
they will ALWAYS be under Putin's KGB dictatorship.
- Donovan Pullen (Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool)
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| How is one meant to respond to police abuse when protesting a police state? (kyivpost.com) |
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