IV 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 28 
Condemning the persecution of political opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko 
as well as other political prisoners, among them former internal affairs 
minister Yuri Lutsenko. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 14, 2013 
Ms. KAPTUR submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the persecution of political opposition leader 
Yulia Tymoshenko as well as other political prisoners, 
among them former internal affairs minister Yuri 
Lutsenko. 
Whereas these trials have been seen by the international com-
munity as political persecution against the opposition of 
the government of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanuko-
vych; 
Whereas starting on May 2010 a number of criminal cases 
were opened against Yulia Tymoshenko and against min-
isters and officials from the previous government led by 
her under the assertion that these cases were brought 
forth to fight corruption in Ukraine; 
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•HRES 28 IH 
Whereas Ms. Tymoshenko was charged in May 2011 over 
abuse of office in regards to a 2009 natural gas import 
contract with Russia and her trial began on June 24, 
2011; 
Whereas, on August 5, 2011, the court ruled that Ms. 
Tymoshenko was in contempt of court and imprisoned 
her for the remainder of her trial, a period of over two 
months; 
Whereas the fairness of the trial has been in question due to 
Ms. Tymoshenko being denied legal representation on two 
occasions and not being offered an appropriate amount of 
time for her defense team to prepare for trial; 
Whereas, during her imprisonment, Ms. Tymoshenko began 
to show signs of severe illness and the court refused her 
request to be examined by a personal physician; 
Whereas, on October 11, 2011, the court found Ms. Tymo-
shenko guilty of abuse of power, sentenced her to seven 
years in jail, fined her $189 million and banned her from 
holding elected office for a period of 3 years disqualifying 
her from participating in the 2012 parliamentary and 
2015 presidential elections; 
Whereas, in September 2011, in commemoration of Ukraine’s 
20th anniversary of independence, H. Res. 401 notes 
concern about the appearance of politically motivated 
prosecutions of opposition figures in Ukraine, among 
them Ms. Tymoshenko; and 
Whereas world governments have lambasted the decision 
against Ms. Tymoshenko calling it politically motivated 
and questioned Ukraine’s commitment to democracy and 
rule of law: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
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•HRES 28 IH 
(1) condemns the verdict against Yulia Tymo-
shenko as well as the unfair circumstances in which 
the trial took place and requests that she be released 
from custody while the verdict is appealed; 
(2) demands the Government of Ukraine imme-
diately release all political prisoners as well as pro-
vides proper medical care to all those that have been 
imprisoned; and 
(3) demands that Ukraine adhere to the prin-
ciples of democracy and rule of law by respecting 
human rights, freedom of the press, and the protec-
tion of free speech and the right to assemble peace-
fully. 
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