The Ukrainian authorities should conduct a prompt, impartial, and thorough investigation into allegations that Yulia Tymoshenko was beaten by guards at the penal colony where she is being held, Human Rights Watch said today. Tymoshenko, the former prime minister, is serving a seven-year prison sentence at the Kachanovskaya penal colony in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine, on charges of exceeding her authority while in office. Human Rights Watch also expressed concern that Tymoshenko’s October 2011 prosecution and conviction were politically motivated. (...)

The article:
http://www.hrw.org/news/2012/05/01/ukraine-investigate-alleged-beating-tymoshenko

Sull'argomento:

http://www.lastampa.it/_web/cmstp/tmplRubriche/editoriali/gEditoriali.asp?ID_blog=25&ID_articolo=10068

http://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2012/05/09/news/timoshenko_trasferita_dal_carcere_all_ospedale_di_kharkiv-34748264/?ref=HREC2-4

Passato...prossimo:
http://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3728:ucraina-la-condanna-di-tymoshenko&catid=46:diritti-umani&Itemid=105