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Serhii Sainchyn
attorney
On 2 October 2017, the attorney was attacked by a former client in Odesa and sustained
severe bodily injuries.

Denys Nienov
attorney

On 21 December 2017, the attorney was beaten. The incident occurred directly near the
building of the Commission for Consideration of Complaints on State Registration of the
Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, where the attorney arrived to participate in the consideration of
his client’s complaint. During the beating of the attorney, attackers attempted to take
possession of his documents, and a few days later a laptop was stolen from his apartment that
contained information related to legal practice.

Oleksandr Orlov
attorney

On 30 December 2017, the attorney and human rights
defender was attacked in Odesa. He was beaten near the
Odesa pre-trial detention centre located on Liustdorfska
Doroha Street. According to the media, an investigation
team failed to arrive at the crime scene for several days.

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Yurii Kubai
attorney

The attorney arrived to provide legal aid to a client. After the attorney commented on
violations of legislation by police officers, the latter, using force, put him into cuffs and illegally
detained him.

Vasyl Zaichenko
attorney
On 15 January 2018, unidentified persons broke into the attorney’s flat in Kyiv with baseball
bats and inflicted bodily injuries on him and his wife. The attorney himself was beaten almost
to a state of unconsciousness. His wife and daughter also sustained bodily injuries. The injured
persons were hospitalized with head injuries. At the same time, nothing was stolen by the
attackers.

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