The Canadian Group for Democracy in Ukraine has offered to raise the issue of the release of imprisoned former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko at a meeting of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC), which will be held in Lviv on August 20-22, the press service of the Batkivschyna party reported.

A relevant request was sent to UWC President Eugene Czolij and the organization's leadership.

"In order to release Yulia Tymoshenko, the UWC needs to move from virtual calls to specific actions engaging the entire world community of Ukrainians," reads the statement sent to the UWC leadership.

The Canadian Group for Democracy in Ukraine recommends that the text of the resolution of the UWC meeting should include a proposal that September, October and November should become months of active support of Tymoshenko in the countries where Ukrainians live.

The group also believes it necessary to carry out a series of simultaneous rallies outside Ukrainian diplomatic missions aimed at Tymoshenko's release.

The Canadian Group for Democracy believes that the diaspora should write to leaders of the countries where they live with a request to promote the release of Tymoshenko. Ukrainian diaspora organizations should also send relevant letters to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.