European court rules Tymoshenko’s 2011 arrest in Ukraine illegal
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the arrest of Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011 in a gas case was illegal and politically motivated, media reports say. She was sentenced to seven years in prison in October 2011, when she was convicted of exceeding her powers as premier while negotiating a gas contract with Russia in 2009. Tymoshenko has said Ukraine's government rigged the case and is keeping her in inhumane conditions, the allegations denied by the government lawyers as groundless. It's unclear if a decision by the European court would be legally binding in Ukraine.
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