In response to two-month-long public demonstrations, President Viktor Yanukovych took his chance to establish a police state
in Ukraine. The president's Party of Regions together with allies from the Communist Party of Ukraine voted last week for a number of controversial laws and amendments that were immediately labeled by
media as "dictatorship laws." The legislation, which is said to infringe on basic human rights and freedoms, sent thousands of Ukrainians to the streets on Jan. 19 for a new mass protest.Read the whole story at Aljazeera »
