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Odesa activist wins court case against Ukraine
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Oleh Mykhailyk. Photo: Intent, Natalia Dovbysh
Oleh Mykhailyk, a civil society activist from Odesa , has won a case against Ukraine in the European Court of Human Rights. The court found that Ukrainian law enforcement agencies ineffectively investigated the case of an attempt on his life, which violated the European Convention on Human Rights.
This is stated in the decision of the European Court of Human Rights.
Mykhailo was assassinated on September 22, 2018, in Odesa, when he was shot at, resulting in his clinical death. The bullet that remained in his left lung was removed only four months later. Three people are suspected of the assassination attempt, but the masterminds have not yet been identified. The case was suspended for some time, but reopened in 2020.
The European Court ruled that the Ukrainian state failed to ensure an effective investigation and did not use all necessary means to protect the activist's life. In this regard, Ukraine must pay Oleh Mykhailyk compensation in the amount of 6 thousand euros.
"When deciding on the fulfillment of the state's obligations under the said article, this obligation is not about the results to be achieved, but about the means to be used and which, accordingly, were not used in this case," the decision says.
In Munich, Germany, Mykhailo underwent surgery to remove the bullet from his lung. It lasted almost 5 hours.
According to him, the operation turned out to be much more complicated than expected, including by German doctors.
"The bullet was very deep in the lung tissue and still covered by the aorta. It was this aorta that was torn by the bullet after the shot, causing me a large loss of blood and clinical death. Therefore, German doctors had to open my chest and remove part of the lung along with the bullet. And the operation lasted almost 5 hours instead of the planned 2 hours," the activist described the situation at the time.
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