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| Ukraine journalist killers jailed | Ukraine journalist killers jailed |
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| A court in the Ukraine has sentenced three former police officers to prison for the murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze. | A court in the Ukraine has sentenced three former police officers to prison for the murder of investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze. |
| Mykola Protasov was given a sentence of 13 years, while Valeriy Kostenko and Oleksandr Popovych were each handed 12-year terms. | Mykola Protasov was given a sentence of 13 years, while Valeriy Kostenko and Oleksandr Popovych were each handed 12-year terms. |
| Mr Gongadze's death, in 2000, sparked widespread protests in the Ukraine. | Mr Gongadze's death, in 2000, sparked widespread protests in the Ukraine. |
| His family said the high-profile trial had failed to bring the masterminds behind the killing to justice. | |
| Mr Gongadze was an outspoken critic of the former regime led by Leonid Kuchma. | |
| Mr Gongadze was abducted and his head was later found buried in a forest. | |
| The protests that followed culminated in the popular uprising known as the Orange Revolution, which brought the current president, Viktor Yushchenko, to power. |