Yulia Tymoshenko at a 2007 summit. Reports are emerging that Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ex-Prime Minister of Ukraine who in currently in prison at Kharkiv , has been on hunger strike since Friday. According to her lawyer, she is protesting against "what is happening in the country and what is happening to her in prison." Tymoshenko has been sentenced to seven years and has been imprisoned since last October on charges of abuse of office relating to her time as Prime Minister. Other charges of embezzlement and tax evasion are pending which could push the sentence to a further twelve years. US President Bush with PM Tymoshenko in 2008 Tymoshenko denies the charges and believes they are are part of a campaign by President Viktor Yanukovych to bar her from politics. She was narrowly defeated by Yanukovych in the 2010 presidential elections . Officials from the United States and European Union have described the prosecution of Tymoshenko as selective and politically motivated. A statement from the White House urged Ukraine to release Tymoshenko and other Ukrainian politicians. Ukraine has been informed by the European Union that pending bilateral agreements will not be ratified while Tymoshenko remains in prison.
Yulia Tymoshenko at a 2007 summit. Reports are emerging that Yulia Tymoshenko, the Ex- of Ukraine who in currently in prison at , has been on since Friday. According to her lawyer, she is protesting against "what is happening in the country and what is happening to her in prison." Tymoshenko has been sentenced to seven years and has been imprisoned since last October on charges of abuse of office relating to her time as Prime Minister. Other charges of embezzlement and tax evasion are pending which could push the sentence to a further twelve years. US President Bush with PM Tymoshenko in 2008 Tymoshenko denies the charges and believes they are are part of a campaign by President to bar her from politics. She was narrowly defeated by Yanukovych in the . Officials from the United States and European Union have described the prosecution of Tymoshenko as selective and politically motivated. A statement from the urged Ukraine to release Tymoshenko and other Ukrainian politicians. Ukraine has been informed by the European Union that pending will not be ratified while Tymoshenko remains in prison.
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