EU 's spokesman says treatment of tortured activist ` ` unacceptable '' Parliament is ` ` appalled by obvious evidence of torture , '' spokesman says . President signs an asylum bill for the protesters into law , but parliament is unmoved . In fact , the protesters camped out on the bitter cold streets of the capital , Kiev , did n't budge after the amnesty law went into effect . Protesters have camped out in Kiev since November , demanding constitutional changes .
EU 's spokesman says treatment of tortured activist ` ` unacceptable '' Parliament is ` ` appalled by obvious evidence of torture , '' spokesman says . President signs an asylum bill for the protesters into law , but parliament is unmoved . Protesters have camped out in Kiev since November , demanding constitutional changes .