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President belatedly remembers role of the court
14.06.2012
Viktor Yanukovych’s reported statement on Wednesday that it was the prerogative of the courts to determine whether Yulia Tymoshenko was implicated in the murder of Yevhen Shcherban came late given his remarks in a Bloomberg interview
The Human Rights Ombudsperson’s “political component”
08.06.2012
Ukraine’s new Human Rights Ombudsperson has finally answered a question regarding Tymoshenko by only referring to the current charges against the former Prime Minister, already serving a 7-year sentence, and denying any other political component than that the prosecution is of a politician
UK ministers boycott England Euro 2012 games in Ukraine
08.06.2012
The move is in protest at the "selective justice" meted out to jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. Other EU nations including Germany, Holland and Austria have also threatened a boycott of the tournament
Lutsenko trial continues with “victim” still absent
02.06.2012
Despite categorical protest at the previous hearing over Valentin Davydenko’s absence, he was not at the court hearing on Friday. After altercations in court, at the Judge’s order, neither was Yury Lutsenko
UK Prime Minister mustn’t visit Ukraine while Tymoshenko remains imprisoned
01.06.2012
The well-known historian and publicist, Timothy Garton Ash writes that “every EU leader must make up their own mind, but the aim should be to punish the president and not the people”
No grounds for moving Yury Lutsenko to prison colony
29.05.2012
There were rumours from early on Monday that former Interior Minister and opposition leader Yury Lutsenko might be moved to a penal colony in the next few days, This would get him well out of the way of visitors to Kyiv during Euro 2012, but one of the charges against him is still awaiting court examination
European Parliament: More Stern Words ..
25.05.2012
MEPs on 24 May passed a resolution about the situation in Ukraine and called for the unconditional immediate release of all prisoners sentenced on politically motivated grounds, including leaders of the opposition
Stefan Füle: On the Situation in Ukraine, Case of Yulia Tymoshenko
23.05.2012
Europe expects a concrete strategy to redress the effects of selective justice and prevent it from happening again, second free and fair elections and third the resumption of delayed reforms already agreed in the joint EU-Ukraine “Association Agenda”
Hearing into second prosecution of Yulia Tymoshenko also postponed
22.05.2012
The Prosecution claims the delay is to protect the former Prime Minister and opposition leader’s right to be at the trial. Ms Tymoshenko’s defence assert that the delay is to avoid a definite outcome before the PACE session on Ukraine in June
Arguments of German doctors v. those of President Yanukovych
21.05.2012
While one of the doctors treating Yulia Tymoshenko has stressed that her situation has been exacerbated by the failure to treat her adequately and called for a humane decision, President Yanukovych has come out publicly against treatment abroad
Final Narrative Report on the KHPG Project «Creation of a National System for Preventing Torture and Ill-Treatment in Ukraine»
19.05.2012
Former Soviet Dissidents meet in the Crimea and promise action
18.05.2012
Former Soviet political prisoners are meeting in the Crimea on the 68th anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatars, at a time when events in post-Soviet republics demand awareness of the danger and readiness to unite under the old banner: “For your freedom and ours!” (Mustafa Dzhemiliev)
Appeal Court upholds Lutsenko sentence
17.05.2012
Unfortunately nobody, least of all the former Interior Minister and opposition figure, expected a different outcome in this case which has been widely condemned as politically motivated and full of flagrant violations of the right to a fair trial
Tymoshenko cassation appeal hearing postponed
16.05.2012
The hearing is now scheduled to take place during Euro 2012, This also signifcantly reduces the time left for an application to the European Court of Human Rights before the parliamentary elections in October
Lutsenko’s appeal hearing begins
16.05.2012
Former Interior Minister and opposition figure Yury Lutsenko has accused the Prosecutor of pulling his sentence out of thin air. During the hearing on Tuesday he pointed out just some of the features making the charges against him and his "conviction" incomprehensible
EU Foreign Ministers decide to wait and see on football boycott
15.05.2012
However, the bloc’s 27 foreign ministers meeting in Brussels agreed to put on ice talks over Ukraine’s deepening political association and economic integration with the EU. The EU has been critical of Ukraine over the alleged ill-treatment of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
US: Visit to Tymoshenko
15.05.2012
The U.S. Government continues to call for Mrs. Tymoshenko’s release, the release of other members of her former government and the restoration of their full civil and political rights.
PACE co-rapporteurs for the monitoring of Ukraine to visit Yulia Tymoshenko
14.05.2012
Mailis Reps and Marietta de Pourbaix-Lundin will visit former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in Kharkiv on 16 May. They will also talk to the lawyers of the imprisoned former government ministers, Yuriy Lutsenko and Valeriy Ivashchenko.
Brief lesson in the law for the Prosecutor General
12.05.2012
Oleksandr Bukalov from Donetsk Memorial, an organization particularly active in upholding prisoners’ rights has responded to the Prosecutor General’s recent public statement about the bruises on imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko
Lithuanian President issues strong warning after visit to Tymoshenko
12.05.2012
Lithuania’s President Dalia Grybauskaite was the first President to be allowed to visit imprisoned former Prime Minister and opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko on Friday. After her visit she told journalists that Europe’s trust in Ukraine is diminishing.
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