US urges Ukraine to free Tymoshenko
The United States has urged Ukraine to free former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko after she lost an appeal against her seven-year jail sentence on charges of abuse of power, AFP reported.
The US State Department said it was “disappointed” by the Ukrainian court's ruling, adding that Tymoshenko and other former government officials who are in detention should be able to participate fully “in political life.”
Tymoshenko, the leader of the 2004 Orange Revolution, was sentenced in October for abuse of power while prime minister in a case that was launched just months after she lost a close election to President Viktor Yanukovych.