Ukrainian police stand guard outside a Kiev courthouse during the trial of ex-Premier Yulia Tymoshenko in October.
A protester is reported to have died in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk during a police raid of a tent city on Nov. 27.
Retired miner Hennadiy Konoplyov, 70, reportedly collapsed of a heart attack and died after his tent was dismantled.
About 30 protesters against cuts to their state pensions had been staging a hunger strike in the city center since Nov. 14.
Police moved in during the night on Nov. 27 to evict the protesters, following a court ruling last week that the protest was illegal.
According to reports, police cut off lighting and seized a power generator.
Protestors have denounced the raid as an “act of terrorism.”
The police have not commented on the incident.
UPDATE:
The last tent of Chornobyl cleanup workers in Donetsk has been removed by municipal services, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
DONETSK – The last tent of Chornobyl cleanup participants, who are protesting against cutting down and for timely payment of social benefits, has been pulled down in Donetsk, an Interfax-Ukraine correspondent has reported.
According to deputy chief of Donetsk city department of police Roman Romanov, the police have nothing to do with the demolition of the tent.
“The police were not there, we only ensured the protection of public order. Municipal services demolished [the tent],” he said.