(2 May 2019) Five years after 48 people died in clashes in the Ukrainian city of Odessa, including dozens in a burning building, the UN human rights monitoring mission in the country is criticizing authorities for delays in prosecution and investigation of the violence.
The violence started in a confrontation in May 2014 between demonstrators calling for autonomy for eastern Ukraine where a Russia-backed separatist uprising had begun, and demonstrators supporting Ukraine's government.
Six people died in that clash.
Pro-autonomy demonstrators retreated to a trade union building.
Government supporters threw fire bombs into the building; 42 people died inside or from jumping or falling from windows.
Head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine Fiona Frazer said no one has been held accountable for the people who died in the clash.
She added that it was critical to identify individual suspects to move the investigation forward so justice could be served for the victims.
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