Czechs grant asylum to Ukrainian ex-minister

Article reports that Czech authorities have granted political asylum to a former Ukrainian minister Bohdan Danylyshyn, January 2011, in a move opposition figures in Ukraine say legitimises their complaints about widespread political persecution one year into Viktor Yanukovich’s Presidency.

ESO: Background information: EU warns Ukraine over democratic ‘values’ http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-warns-ukraine-over-democratic-values/

ESO: Background information: Kiev’s backsliding on democracy http://www.europeansources.info/record/kievs-backsliding-on-democracy/

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