A family who recently spoke out publicly about disturbing measures to drive out Romani residents of Kyiv has been subjected, together with others, to another attack. The new harassment is especially disturbing as it appears to have been carried out by a group of former soldiers whose civic organization was organized under the patronage of an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister.
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Halya Coynash: Vigilantes in military gear accused of new attack on Roma in Kyiv
Members of the Roma community walk in the village of Pidvynogradiv near the Ukrainian city of Vynogradiv in Transcarpathia on Sept. 8, 2013.
