With slogans “The court is not an instrument of struggle against one's own people,” “Human rights are higher than the rights of the authorities,” activists of the Volyn regional organization of the “Party of Regions” gathered today in front of the walls of the Lutsk city-district court. The total number of picketers is about 20 people, reports Politychna Ukraina. \n \nDuring the action, leaflets with the corresponding content were distributed to all passersby: “The Volyn regional organization of the Party of Regions opposes the political persecutions taking place after the third round of the Ukrainian presidential election. At the first stage, mass dismissals of civil servants began; at the second, persecution of media workers took place (the newspaper “Volyn” — editor-in-chief S. Sachuk, the closure of the newspaper “Dosvitnia Zoria,” the Volyn State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company — editor-in-chief S. Pyrozhok and chief director O. Kulish, editor-in-chief of the Starovyzhivka district newspaper “Silski Novyny” V. Pavlov). At the third stage, they began intimidating educators who participated in the election process. At present, a criminal case has been opened against the deputy director of a secondary school in the village of Boholiuby. Dear Volyn residents! Let us stand up for our rights. Today some are accused, tomorrow it could be you!” \n \nAddressing the picketers were the head of the Volyn regional organization of the “Party of Regions,” Anatolii Horbatiuk, and People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of the “Regions of Ukraine” faction in the Verkhovna Rada, Pavlo Sulkovskyi. As Mr. Sulkovskyi noted, during his time working in the Rivne district state administration, he was the only one who spoke out against the “Kuchma regime,” but even under the current government the situation with violations of human rights and freedoms has not changed. The “regionalists” also stated their dissatisfaction with the work of the Volyn prosecutor's office and spoke in favor of dismissing the regional prosecutor Andrii Hil from his position. \n