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19 However, this scenario is quite possible
20 The defendant is accused of treason in Russia's favour
21 For example, it will be possible to accuse attorneys of treason for failing to follow the official
interpretation of Maidan events (winter 2013/14). Criminal prosecution of journalists and
opposition activists for public disagreement with the official versions of certain events is
common practice for Ukraine
22 ISHR Report "Monitoring of the trial of V. Yanukovych (summary of the court hearings held
from 7 February 2018 to 15 February 2018)
23 ISHR Report "Monitoring of the trial of V. Yanukovych (summary of the court hearings held
from 7 February 2018 to 15 February 2018)
24 ISHR Report "Monitoring of the trial of V. Yanukovych (summary of the court hearings held
from 7 February 2018 to 15 February 2018)
25 Clauses 10, 11 Part 1 Article 23 "Guarantees of Legal Practice" of the Law of Ukraine "On the
Bar and Practice of Law"
26 ISHR Report "Monitoring of the trial of O. Shcheholiev"
27 As substantiation of subsequent prosecution of attorneys, creation of an image of an
accomplice to a person accused of committing an offence, and thus a person that has lost
the trust of the state and society
28 Page 17, ISHR Report "Monitoring of respecting the right to a fair trial in Ukraine for 2017"

29 Letter from G.L. Boryak, Head of the UNBA Committee on Protection of Attorneys’
Professional Rights and Guarantees (No. 372/0/2-18 dated 10 April 2018)
30 Report on Violations of Attorneys' Professional Rights and Guarantees in Ukraine for
2013-2016 approved by Decision of the Bar Council of Ukraine No. 2 dated 26 February 2016,
page 13
31 Ibid
32 Publication on the website of Channel 24 "Murder of Iryna Nozdrovska: what is known
about the heinous death of the human rights activist".
33 Report on Violations of Attorneys' Professional Rights and Guarantees in Ukraine for
2013-2016 approved by Decision of the Bar Council of Ukraine No. 2 dated 26 February 2016,
page 17
34 Ibid
35 Letter from H.L. Boryak, Head of the UNBA Committee on Protection of Attorneys’
Professional Rights and Guarantees (No. 372/0/2-18 dated 10 April 2018)
36 Ibid
37 Publication on the website of Channel 112 "Yanukovych's attorneys in the case of Maidan
shooting removed from courtroom"

38 Publication on the VectorNews website "The real reason of fire on Mykhailivska Street"
39 Publication on the website of Capital "Attorney Andrii Fedur blames the attack on his car
on cases of Buzyna, Kuzmin and Ivano-Frankivsk prosecutors"
40 Open appeal of the Ukrainian Bar Association stating that disregard of the constitutional
function of protection of human rights and freedoms in public statements was unacceptable

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