BCB Online :A leading Ukrainian opposition activist who vanished for eight days says he was abducted and tortured before being left to die in the cold.Dmytro Bulatov, who organised car protests for the opposition, is being treated in hospital after being found on the outskirts of the capital Kiev.Police have confirmed Bulatov received an ear injury and bruising.At least two other activists have been abducted since street protests escalated into violence this month.Demonstrators accuse the security forces of being behind the abductions.President Viktor Yanukovych accused the opposition of seeking to “inflame” the situation on Thursday by continuing the protests despite moves by the government and parliament to ease the stand-off.Parliament voted to annul a recently enacted law restricting protests and passed a law giving amnesty to detained protesters, under the condition that occupied buildings were vacated.Anti-government demonstrators remain in their camp in Independence Square (Maidan) with no sign of the political crisis in the country coming to an end, the BBC’s Duncan Crawford reports from Kiev.Yanukovych, 63, has gone on sick leave, with his staff reporting he has a respiratory illness and a high fever.Bulatov says he was left to die by his captors after being kidnapped, repeatedly beaten and “crucified”.
