MOSCOW, April 24 (RIA Novosti)
Russia called on Ukraine on Tuesday to fully observe the rights of
jailed Ukrainian ex-Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who has complained
of poor health and serious mistreatment by prison personnel.
“Moscow has treated with concern media reports about the
deteriorating health of jailed ex-Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia
Tymoshenko, who urgently needs medical treatment,” the Russian Foreign
Ministry said in a statement.
The Ukrainian opposition leader has been jailed for seven years for
abusing her power by pushing through a 2009 gas deal with Russia. She
has maintained her innocence. Both Russia and the European Union have
declared her trial politically motivated, an allegation the Ukrainian
government has dismissed.
Tymoshenko has complained of serious health problems since her arrest
in August 2011, but has rejected treatment in a penal colony in the
eastern city of Kharkov where she is serving her term. A team of German
and Ukrainian doctors who inspected her in mid-February said she had
serious problems with her spinal column.
Last week, Tymoshenko was taken to a local clinic, which she said was
against her will because she did not trust Ukrainian doctors. The
Kharkov regional Prosecutor’s Office has dismissed as untrue her claim
that prison personnel dragged her to the clinic using a bed sheet, with
her legs and arms twisted, and beat her in the stomach, which caused her
to temporary lose consciousness.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said Moscow expected the Ukrainian
authorities to “take all necessary measures to fully observe Yulia
Tymoshenko’s rights, to show humanity and find ways to adequately
resolve the situation without making the domestic political situation
more complicated.”
Tymoshenko said on Tuesday she has been on a hunger strike for four
days in protest against what she described as a crackdown on the
opposition by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych. She said her move
was designed to draw the world’s attention to what she called a
“concentration camp” being creating by Yanukovych in the middle of
Europe.
RIA Novosti
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