Tymoshenko should be declared political prisoner
Former Ukrainian Premier Yulia Tymoshenko should be declared a political prisoner according to three criteria determined by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, former Ukraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights Nina Karpachova has said.
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on Tuesday was found guilty of abuse of office and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a trial widely condemned in the West as politically motivated.