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AP Interview: Ukraine's foreign minister expects country to sign co-operation agreement with EU

The Canadian PressMay 8, 2013 11:56
Ukraine's foreign minister said he expects his country to sign a co-operation agreement with the European Union later this year despite the EU's objections to the jailing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. Leonid Kozhara said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press that the government accepts that the Tymoshenko case is a problem in relations between Ukraine and the EU. But he said a single criminal case shouldn't be an obstacle to Ukraine signing an association agreement with the EU.

Europe court rules Tymoshenko jailing unlawful

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 15:01
The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that Ukraine's detention of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawful, in a decision the opposition leader's camp saw as a key step towards her release. Tymoshenko herself said she hoped the decision by the Strasbourg-based court would put paid to the "dirt and black lies" against her. "The court considered that the detention had been arbitrary and unlawful during the entire period," the judges said.

CORRECTED: Europe court rules Tymoshenko jailing 'unlawful'

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 08:46
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Ukraine's detention of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawful, in a decision the opposition leader's camp saw as a key step towards her release. "The court considered that the detention had been arbitrary and unlawful during the entire period," the judges of the Strasbourg-based court said. The European Union is mulling a trade and association accord with the ex-Soviet republic and has clearly said it wanted Kiev to release the charismatic Tymoshenko.

Tymoshenko's daughter hails EU court ruling as 'first victory'

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 08:16
Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko's daughter Yevgenia hailed Tuesday the European Court of Human Rights' ruling that her mother's detention was unlawful as the "first victory" on the way to her release. "Today we are saying that this is the first victory, the first step to her full political rehabilitation and her immediate release," Yevgenia Tymoshenko told reporters in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that the former prime minister's pre-trial detention was unlawful and politically motivated.

EU rights court says Tymoshenko detention unlawful

Agence France-PresseApril 30, 2013 07:01
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday ruled that Ukraine's detention of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko was unlawful but threw out accusations of ill-treatment. "The Court considered that the detention had been arbitrary and unlawful during the entire period," the judges of the Strasbourg-based court said. The judges also found that "the lawfulness of her detention had not been properly reviewed" by the Ukrainian judiciary "and that she had no possibility to seek compensation for her unlawful deprivation of liberty."

European court rules Ukraine's jailing of ex-prime minister Tymoshenko was rights abuse

The Canadian PressApril 30, 2013 06:01
STRASBOURG, France - Europe's human rights court says Ukraine's jailing of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was a politically motivated violation of her rights. A Ukrainian government official stormed out of the courtroom after Tuesday's ruling in a case that has strained the former Soviet state's ties with Europe and the United States. Tymoshenko, an architect of Ukraine's 2004 pro-democracy Orange Revolution, was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011 after being convicted of exceeding her powers as premier while negotiating a gas contract with Russia.

Ukraine's only critical TV station silenced by ownership dispute

April 25, 2013 12:15
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's only television station to air frequent criticism of the government has all but stopped broadcasting fresh content after an ownership dispute and a staff strike. Alexander Altman, a Ukrainian-born U.S. businessman who has in the past worked as an adviser to Ukraine's government, told reporters on Thursday he had taken over the TVi station from Konstantin Kagalovsky, a former executive of the defunct Russian oil giant YUKOS.

Staff strike at Ukraine's opposition TV after takeover

Agence France-PresseApril 24, 2013 09:30
The staff of Ukraine's only staunchly pro-opposition television channel went on strike Wednesday to protest against a sudden change of ownership that they fear will undermine their ability to air criticism of President Viktor Yanukovych. TVi television, which has broadcasted since 2008, is the only channel in Ukraine to delve deep into the country's most sensitive issues, including investigations into high-level corruption and officials' hidden fortunes and tax evasion.

Amnesty urges Ukraine to stamp out police torture

April 11, 2013 12:24
KIEV (Reuters) - Amnesty International urged Ukraine on Thursday to put an end to "shocking levels of mistreatment of detainees" by police, but Kiev said the rights group had exaggerated the problem. "Beatings and torture continue unabated in Ukraine in spite of the new Criminal Procedure Code adopted by the government late last year," David Diaz-Jogeix, Amnesty's Europe and Central Asia deputy programme director, said in a statement.

U.S. encouraged by pardon of former Ukrainian ministers

April 11, 2013 07:47
The White House said on Monday that it was encouraged by Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych's decision to pardon former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko and former Environment Minister Heorhiy Filipchuk."This is an important step toward addressing concerns about democracy and the rule of law in Ukraine," White House National Security Council spokesperson Caitlin Hayden said in a statement.However, he stressed "much more remains to be done." "We urge Ukrainian authorities to end all politically motivated prosecutions, undertake comprehensive judicial reform to ensure such s
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