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Ukraine's jailed Tymoshenko offered ticket abroad but no pardon
Source: Reuters
Ukraine's jailed Tymoshenko offered ticket abroad but no pardon
By Richard Balmforth
KIEV | Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:27pm EDT
(Reuters) - Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko would have to return to Ukraine to complete her prison sentence after receiving any medical treatment abroad, according to the text of a draft law made public on Friday.
Parliament is scheduled to debate the draft next week in a new twist in the case of Tymoshenko, whose imprisonment is threatening the signing of a landmark agreement between Ukraine and the European Union next month.
Tymoshenko was jailed for seven years in 2011 for abuse of office after a trial which Western governments say was politically motivated and smacked of 'selective justice'.
European envoys, shuttling between Brussels and Kiev, have asked President Viktor Yanukovich to grant a pardon to his arch-rival to allow her to travel as a free person to Germany to be treated for spinal problems.
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By Richard Balmforth
KIEV | Fri Oct 18, 2013 12:27pm EDT
(Reuters) - Jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko would have to return to Ukraine to complete her prison sentence after receiving any medical treatment abroad, according to the text of a draft law made public on Friday.
Parliament is scheduled to debate the draft next week in a new twist in the case of Tymoshenko, whose imprisonment is threatening the signing of a landmark agreement between Ukraine and the European Union next month.
Tymoshenko was jailed for seven years in 2011 for abuse of office after a trial which Western governments say was politically motivated and smacked of 'selective justice'.
European envoys, shuttling between Brussels and Kiev, have asked President Viktor Yanukovich to grant a pardon to his arch-rival to allow her to travel as a free person to Germany to be treated for spinal problems.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/18/us-ukraine-tymoshenko-idUSBRE99H0OS20131018
