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US Secretary of State expresses concern over treatment of Tymoshenko
02.05.2012
Hillary Clinton said photographs of Tymoshenko released by a human rights official call into question the conditions of her confinement. Clinton also expressed concern at the treatment of imprisoned officials in Tymoshenko’s former government and called for their release.
HRW demands full investigation into alleged beating of Yulia Tymoshenko
02.05.2012
The Ukrainian authorities should conduct a prompt, impartial, and thorough investigation into allegations that Yulia Tymoshenko was beaten by guards at the penal colony where she is being held, Human Rights Watch has stressed
Euro 2012 faces diplomatic crisis over Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader.
01.05.2012
The 2012 European Championships were heading towards a diplomatic fiasco on Monday after more EU leaders said they would join Germany in a boycott of the event next month unless Ukraine freed the opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko.
Constitutional Court’s judgements seem political, not law-based
30.04.2012
US Federal Court Judge Bohdan Futey spoke with Radio Svoboda about recent Constitutional Court judgements and plans to change Ukraine’s Constitution
Ukraine plays the Tymoshenko card and none too subtely
30.04.2012
If "all problems" between Ukraine and the EU were solved, parliament in Kyiv could pass extraordinary legislation to set former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko free from jail. That’s what Ukraine’s First Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Khoroshkovskiy was quoted as saying last week
New Tymoshenko trial postponed for month
30.04.2012
The presiding judge said it would be impossible to hold the trial in her absence. On Friday, photos emerged of alleged injuries Ms Tymoshenko said she received while in prison last week.
Members of “Patriot of Ukraine” charged with terrorism demand new judge
28.04.2012
The lawyers and wives of three members of the ultra-rightwing organization “Patriot of Ukraine” who are charged with preparing a terrorist attack are demanding that the judge in their trial is replaced, asserting that he is biased
On the situation of Yulia Tymoshenko
27.04.2012
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission, Catherine Ashton recalls Ukraine’s obligation to promptly and impartially investigate any complaints of torture or ill-treatment and expresses concern over Ms Tymoshenko’s hunger strike
Thorbjørn Jagland : Human Rights Court is assessing medical treatment of Tymoshenko
27.04.2012
“I am extremely concerned about the reports that Yulia Tymoshenko was beaten up in prison. It is in the interest of the Ukrainian Government to make sure these claims are investigated in a credible and transparent manner and, if necessary, prosecuted"
German president cancels trip to Ukraine
27.04.2012
German President Joachim Gauck has canceled a planned visit to Ukraine next month amid concerns over the treatment of ailing jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
Pukach changes testimony in Gongadze murder trial
26.04.2012
Former Police General Oleksy Pukach who is charged over the murder of journalist Georgy Gongadze in September 2000 is claiming to the court that “he was saving Ukraine from a dangerous spy who was threatening Ukraine’s statehood”.
Lutsenko’s former Ministry colleagues collect amount to compensate “Police Day” events
26.04.2012
Former Interior Ministry employees have already collected the amount needed and paid the Ministry the amount which it is claimed former Interior Minister Yury Lutsenko spent on Police Day events in the Ukraina Palace in 2008 and 2009
PACE President requests that diplomats be able to visit Yulia Tymoshenko
25.04.2012
Jean-Claude Mignon, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has expressed his deep concern at the decline in Yulia Tymoshenko’s health and her decision to carry out a hunger strike in response to the violence and abuse she says she is suffering
US Embassy to look into allegations that Tymoshenko was beaten
25.04.2012
US Ambassador to Ukraine, John Teffl has said his Embassy will be looking into the allegations that the former Prime Minister and opposition leader was kicked in the stomach and beaten when being transported from the Kachanivska Penal Colony to a hospital in Kharkiv last week
Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike after alleged beating
25.04.2012
Former Prime Minister and opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko asserts that she was kicked in the stomach when being taken to a Ukrainian hospital by force last week
Newly elected Ombudsperson says she “may change her rhetoric” in the Lutsenko case
25.04.2012
Valeria Lutkovska, newly elected Human Rights Ombudsperson, has told Channel 5 that she is ready to review her position on the case of former Interior Minister Yury Lutsenko after a more detailed reading of the file material
Ivashchenko moved without explanation to prison cell
24.04.2012
The three most prominent former government officials sentenced to widely criticised prison terms have now all been returned to prison. Their medical treatment coincided with the European Court of Human Rights’ Public Hearing in the case of Lutsenko v. Ukraine on 17 April.
German Ombudsperson calls for increased pressure on Ukrainian government
20.04.2012
Germany’s Human Rights Ombudsperson Markus Lönung believes that pressure must be placed on the Ukrainian authorities over the politically motivated trials taking place in Ukraine
Teachers forced on anti-Tymoshenko rally on pain of dismissal
20.04.2012
The first day of hearings took place on Thursday into the new charges against former Prime Minister and opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, who was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment over the 2009 gas accords with Russia
Establishing the Rule of Law in Ukraine: Building a Modern Society
20.04.2012
"The events of the past few months here in Ukraine have shown just how important a fair, independent, and accountable judicial system is to the further development of Ukraine’s democracy. The lack of professional independent courts, or even the perception that courts are not free, undermines faith in the justice system"
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