| Author (Corporate) | Deutsche Welle |
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| Series Title | Article |
| Series Details | 29.01.14 |
| Publication Date | 29/01/2014 |
| Content Type | News |
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The Ukrainian parliament discussed on the 29 January 2014 what was to be done with citizens who had been jailed after protests in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities in January 2014 The chamber voted to give amnesty to arrested protesters on the condition they vacated all occupied government buildings. Opposition politicians boycotted the vote, calling for amnesty without conditions. Leonid Kravchuk, Ukraine's first post-independence president, addressed the parliament on the same day and urged the deputies to reach an agreement, warning that the country was on the verge of a civil war. The chamber had passed a set of laws earlier in January 2014 that severely limited Ukrainians' ability to protest and imposed strict punishments for those who broke the law. However, on the 28 January 2014 it annulled the law package, leading to the resignation of the government. Tension between Western and Central / Eastern European diplomats remained high on the 29 January 2014, with Euronews reporting on Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel clear support to the peaceful protests in Kyiv. The Visegrad Four group, consisted of Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, met in Budapest as tension was rising on their doorsteps. Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich went on sick leave on the 30 January 2014, leaving a political vacuum in a country threatened by bankruptcy and destabilised by anti-government protests. |
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| Source Link | Link to Main Source http://dw.de/p/1Aykk |
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| Countries / Regions | Europe, Ukraine |
