ALJAZEERA: …The new legislation, passed by the Parliament on Thursday, introduces punishment of up to five years in prison to people who blockade public buildings, and possible arrest of protesters who wear masks or helmets.
Other provisions included clauses which target non-governmental organizations (NGOs) as “foreign agents” if they receive any funding from abroad and a provision making dissemination of slander on the Internet punishable by a year of corrective labor…
The opposition has staged nearly two months of protests in a central Kiev square in response to Yanukovich’s ditching of a key pact with the European Union and striking a strategic partnership with powerful neighbor Russia instead… (more)
