Prosecutor appeals quashing of Kuchma case
20.12.2011
The Prosecutor General’s website reports that it has lodged an appeal against the ruling on 14 December 2012 which quashed the criminal proceedings against former Presidentt Kuchma in connection with the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
The Prosecutor General’s website reports that it has lodged an appeal against the decision of the Pechersky District Court in Kyiv on 14 December 2012 which quashed the criminal proceedings against former Presidentt Kuchma in connection with the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze.
The statement says that the appeal will be considered by the Kyiv Court of Appeal.
The court ruling has been condemned by Myroslava Gongadze, the journalist’s widow, the Committee to Protect Journalists, Ukraine’s Independent Media Union, Reporters without Borders, to name but a few (please see the links below).