Angelina Timofeeva. Ukrainian reporters who are trying independently to cover the trial in the case of last year's tragedy in Odessa, faced harassment from police organizations and right-wing radicals, and the progress of the investigation and the court is perplexed, told on the last working day of the week the participants of the round table in the Berlin office of the Society for the protection of civil rights and human dignity. The event, held on may 2, 2014 at Kulikovo field in Odessa anti-Maidan activists, turned into a tragedy after their opponents were the radicals extremist "Right sector" and football " ultras ". Several dozen members of "antimiani" lost his life during a fire in the House of trade unions, which they tried to hide. According to official figures, cost the lives of 48 people, just received damages of more than 250. the trial of this case Until now not been completed in Ukraine. On the reverse side, in Odessa there are Several dozen criminal cases against participants of the " anti-Maidan ", who were caught on may 2 on charges of participation in mass riots, separatism and terrorism. "in Ukraine there have always been problems associated With human rights, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, but previously these were isolated cases. Today opposition correspondents in Ukraine is punishable up To physical destruction, " - said the participant of the meeting - the journalist From Odessa Hope Melnichenko. Melnichenko, which cooperates With regional opposition online newspaper "Timer", revealed that on may 14, 2015 apartment six correspondents publications, among them editor Yuri Tkachev, were subjected to searches from law enforcement. Correspondents were caught and taken for questioning at the security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The Timer website was hacked and the time removed From the Internet, investigators confiscated equipment and personal computers of workers, they are Until now not returned. After questioning the reporters were released. in addition, attending the court in Odessa in the proceedings may 2, journalist Timer is under attack from right-wing radicals, He was beaten after he showed his press card, said Melnichenko. in her expressions, at the end of April and early may of this year in Odessa detained three other reporters From other publications, it's Artem Elderberry, Vitaly Didenko and Elena Lesinska-Romanova, all of them charged the article " infringement of the territorial integrity of Ukraine, now they are in jail. "We see this As a mechanism of pressure on reporters and media outlets," - said Melnichenko. lawyer Kirill Shevchuk protects the desires of a man who was arrested in Odessa in the Greek area on may 2, and then imprisoned on charges of participating in mass riots. Shevchuk said that has 31 volume of criminal cases opened against Ukraine, against the opposition-minded Residents, who blame the terrorism and separatism. According to the lawyer, the investigators did not investigate the case about the events on may 2, essentially. More than 300 arrested was a selected group of people in the amount of 21 people, all these citizens - Authorized so-called " anti-Maidan ", they were accused at the trial. proceedings, said Shevchuk, passed To the failures of the legal norms. Detainees may 2, in the Greek area in the shopping center "Athens" were carried to the regional police station and then to the police station nearby Vinnytsia region. 10 people were transferred to prison, others were under house arrest. Until November, there had been no investigations, examinations, cross-examination. Statements and petitions of the lawyers were completely ignored. Speaking about the methods of obtaining information during interrogations in the SBU, the lawyer revealed that the suspects are beaten, tortured, for example, using stun guns and mimicking strangulation method of stretching plastic bag on his head. Medical examination of suspects has not been made, although allegations of torture were made in court. When the case went to court, all defendants have an opportunity to read the materials recorded violations regarding the rights of juveniles accused, the lawyer said Shevchuk. "The indictment is identical for each Of the accused. The only difference is the names. It's much like the script of a Thriller, it is reported that the defendants acted on the instructions of former President (Viktor) Yanukovych, organized riots, also acted in the same scenario, " said the lawyer. As explained Shevchuk, the main prosecution witness is a person who has a drug addiction and had previously been twice convicted. He was a participant in the events, but in the process of the investigation turned into a witness." We believe He has done a deal with the investigation, " suggested the lawyer. He expressed bewilderment as to why the accused different elected forbidden measure, if the Indictment is identical. One Of them is sitting in prison, and someone is placed under house arrest, and because the period of house arrest expired, citizens in practice are at large, said Shevchuk.