Ukraine’s Justice Minister has threatened to call for a state of emergency after demonstrators occupied the Ministry’s building.<br /><br />A group of protesters stormed the Ukrainian Justice Ministry on Sunday evening, apparently facing no resistance from police.<br /><br />They immediately set up barricades outside the building.<br /><br />Ukrainian Justice Minister, Olena Lukash, said: “If the Justice ministry building is not freed, I will be forced to address my colleagues, members of the council of security and defence and ask them to discuss introducing the state of emergency in the country.”<br /><br />Leaders in the nearby Independence Square, known as Maidan, were said to be surprised by the Ministry being taken over. It was apparently carried out by a small minority on their own initiative.<br /><br />Over the weekend a conference hall called Ukranian House was also occupied.<br /><br />Although not a government building, protesters said it had been used by police snipers because of its location close to the protests and it is seen as a strategic place to have captured.<br /><br />If a state of emergency is passed by parliament, it could include a curfew and restrictions on the media and internet.
