Rape of Iryna Krashkova
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The rape of Iryna Krashkova, a 29-year-old woman, on 26 June 2013 by three men in the urban-type settlement of Vradiivka became a cause célèbre in Ukraine when anger at police for not arresting one of the suspects led to angry protests and the storming of the district police department on 1 July 2013.[1]
Rape of Iryna Krashkova | |||
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![]() Crowd near the Vradiivka Raion police department on 2 July 2013 | |||
Date | 30 June - 3 July 2013 | ||
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Caused by | Police brutality, refusal to bring to justice | ||
Methods | picketing, unarmed mob assault on militsiya office | ||
Resulted in | wave of protests across the country, two main suspects were sentenced to jail eventually | ||
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The protests occurred alongside another political protests that were taken place in Ukraine under the motto Rise up, Ukraine!.