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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
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: Situation with Tymoshenko must have consequences
26.04.2012
Jean-Claude Mignon has said that the situation over the alleged beating in the prison colony of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko cannot be left without repercussions. Mignon said that the excuses given by Ukraine’s representatives did not convince anybody
Ukraine asks German doctors to treat Tymoshenko
26.04.2012
In the light of Ms Tymoshenko’s hunger strike following apparen ill-treatment, European Union Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Fuele has stated that the treatment of Tymoshenko is a "stain" on Ukraine’s record.
Outgoing Ombudsperson demands criminal investigation over Tymoshenko’s injuries
25.04.2012
At a briefing on Wednesday Nina Karpachova confirmed that there were bruise marks on the Prime Minister’s forearm, right elbow and stomach and demanded that the Prosecutor General initiate a criminal investigation
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
Clarification of recent reports in Ukrainian media regarding UK position on Association Agreement
25.04.2012
Despite the media reports, the UK representative stated clearly that “ the Association Agreement and Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement would not be signed and ratified until opposition figures, detained as the result of flawed trials, were released from prison and able to participate freely in Ukrainian political activity”.
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.
Platini’s Shame: Calls from Germany for Tymoshenko’s release before Euro 2012
23.04.2012
Germany’s Human Rights Ombudsperson Markus Lönung has railed the Head of UEFA for taking no action over the Tymoshenko case as the former Prime Minister and opposition leader is returned to prison
Lutsenko returned to prison
21.04.2012
Irina Lutsenko, wife of imprisoned former Interior Minister and opposition politician, asserts that her husband’s two weeks of treatment in hospital ended as soon as the European Court of Human Rights public hearing in his case was over (on Tuesday) and the international experts left Ukraine
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
Lutsenko’s former colleagues collecting money to pay “compensation” demanded
19.04.2012
Former Deputy Ministers when Yury Lutsenko was Minister of the Interior have started up a collection to pay the 643 thousand UAH which the court ordered Lutsenko to pay
Kharkiv City Council to seek bans on protests outside Tymoshenko trial
19.04.2012
The Kharkiv City Council’s Executive Committee will be asking the court to ban the protests planned for 19 April outside the Kharkiv Court of Appeal where the case against former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko will be heard
Avakov sees no reason to ask for asylum in Italy
18.04.2012
The former Kharkiv Regional Governor, ally of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and likely successful candidate in this year’s parliamentary elections refutes assertions from the Prosecutor General’s Office that he is under house arrest
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