UK Government boycott Euro 2012 over Ukraine’s human rights record

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By Andrew Warshaw

June 8 – The British Government has joined the Europe-wide condemnation of Ukraine’s human rights record by announcing it will snub the group phase of the 2012 European Championship because of the “selective justice” meted out to jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko.

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