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(Washington, D.C.) -- Amnesty International today called for urgent reforms within the Ukrainian police ahead of the Euro 2012 soccer competition, in the wake of the robbery and severe beating of two men by six officers in Lviv on April 21.
Read the press release here.
Amnesty International calls on Ukraine to stop police brutality
A huge placard of the Euro 2012 logo covers destroyed building in the centern of western Ukrainian city of Lviv on April 20, 2012. Lviv is one of the four Ukrainian cities that will host football matches of the European football tournament. Amnesty International has called on Ukrainian authorities to stop police brutality ahead of the tournament.
