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Civil campaign "No to police state" Громадянська кампанія "Ні поліцейській державі" | |||
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Date | May 2010 | ||
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Caused by | The death of student Igor Indylo in the police precinct of Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv | ||
Goals | To force government to conduct a proper investigation and punish guilty police officers | ||
Methods | Protests | ||
Status | Unfinished | ||
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The campaign "No to police state" ( Ukrainian: Громадянська кампанія "Ні поліцейській державі", romanized: Hromadianska kampaniia "Ni politseiskii derzhavi") is a Ukrainian civil campaign against police brutality in response to the death of 20-year-old student Igor Indylo in the police precinct of Shevchenko District, Kyiv. The campaign has demanded a proper investigation into Indylo's death and the prosecution of the those guilty in his death and other high-profile cases.
Igor Indylo died in the police precinct of Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv on May 18, 2010. Civil activists and journalists considered his death a murder committed by constables Sergiy Pryhodko and Sergiy Kovalenko. His death captured public attention and started a civil campaign. An investigation and court process have been ongoing since January 2015. The courts have not determined the cause of death.
Police made no statements in the first days after Indylo's death, [1] but media attention forced police to make a statement on May 26. The Shevchenkivskyi chief of police Petro Miroshnychenko announced: "We know that Indylo fell three times. First, he was seen laying on the floor in the dormitory. Second, he fell in the presence of his friend. Third, he has fallen from the bench in the police precinct from a height of approximately half a meter."[ citation needed]
On June 2, Ukraine Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Nina Karpachova stated that Indylo's death was a murder and police will try to "hush up" the case. [2]
Activists of the "No to police state" campaign pointed out controversial facts of Indylo's death and accused policemen of the police of murder.
On June 18 during a press conference in Kyiv, journalists announced the results of their own investigation. Journalist Dmytro Gnap announced that Indylo was most likely pushed hard, he hit the wall and became unconscious because the right half of his brain was injured. A brain hemorrhage started and lasted for nearly 7 hours. Then Indylo was dragged to the room for administrative detainees and left to die. Gnap also announced that Indylo was not tortured and other journalists, who took part in investigation, agreed with him.
MP Yurii Karmazin announced that he did not believe Indylo's injuries to be accidental. According to his experience in law enforcement, such injuries cannot be caused by the fall to the floor. Journalist Olena Bilozerska and human rights activist Tetyana Yablonska also believed that Indylo was tortured.
According to activists, their goal is to punish all involved in high-profile cases of police brutality. Among these cases are:
By June 2010, the demands of activists became more global. They started demanding police reform and amendments to laws. Activists demanded:
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Civil campaign "No to police state" Громадянська кампанія "Ні поліцейській державі" | |||
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![]() Image used by activists during the campaign | |||
Date | May 2010 | ||
Location | |||
Caused by | The death of student Igor Indylo in the police precinct of Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv | ||
Goals | To force government to conduct a proper investigation and punish guilty police officers | ||
Methods | Protests | ||
Status | Unfinished | ||
Parties | |||
| |||
Lead figures | |||
|
The campaign "No to police state" ( Ukrainian: Громадянська кампанія "Ні поліцейській державі", romanized: Hromadianska kampaniia "Ni politseiskii derzhavi") is a Ukrainian civil campaign against police brutality in response to the death of 20-year-old student Igor Indylo in the police precinct of Shevchenko District, Kyiv. The campaign has demanded a proper investigation into Indylo's death and the prosecution of the those guilty in his death and other high-profile cases.
Igor Indylo died in the police precinct of Shevchenkivskyi District, Kyiv on May 18, 2010. Civil activists and journalists considered his death a murder committed by constables Sergiy Pryhodko and Sergiy Kovalenko. His death captured public attention and started a civil campaign. An investigation and court process have been ongoing since January 2015. The courts have not determined the cause of death.
Police made no statements in the first days after Indylo's death, [1] but media attention forced police to make a statement on May 26. The Shevchenkivskyi chief of police Petro Miroshnychenko announced: "We know that Indylo fell three times. First, he was seen laying on the floor in the dormitory. Second, he fell in the presence of his friend. Third, he has fallen from the bench in the police precinct from a height of approximately half a meter."[ citation needed]
On June 2, Ukraine Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Nina Karpachova stated that Indylo's death was a murder and police will try to "hush up" the case. [2]
Activists of the "No to police state" campaign pointed out controversial facts of Indylo's death and accused policemen of the police of murder.
On June 18 during a press conference in Kyiv, journalists announced the results of their own investigation. Journalist Dmytro Gnap announced that Indylo was most likely pushed hard, he hit the wall and became unconscious because the right half of his brain was injured. A brain hemorrhage started and lasted for nearly 7 hours. Then Indylo was dragged to the room for administrative detainees and left to die. Gnap also announced that Indylo was not tortured and other journalists, who took part in investigation, agreed with him.
MP Yurii Karmazin announced that he did not believe Indylo's injuries to be accidental. According to his experience in law enforcement, such injuries cannot be caused by the fall to the floor. Journalist Olena Bilozerska and human rights activist Tetyana Yablonska also believed that Indylo was tortured.
According to activists, their goal is to punish all involved in high-profile cases of police brutality. Among these cases are:
By June 2010, the demands of activists became more global. They started demanding police reform and amendments to laws. Activists demanded:
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