The conclusions made by the U.S.-based human rights NGO Freedom House concerning the selective prosecution of opposition figures in Ukraine are biased and not objective, the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine reported.
"Representatives of Freedom House met with the leadership of the Prosecutor General's Office and spoke personally with the prosecutor general of Ukraine. They have literally received the full information about the criminal cases they were interested in," the head of the PGO's department for supervision over observance of legislation in the execution of judgments, Vadym Horan, said after the presentation of the report by Freedom House.
According to him, the meeting left no questions, to which PGO officials hadn't given their answers. "Therefore, the representatives of the Freedom House could make sure that the charges against [Ukraine's former prime minister Yulia] Tymoshenko, [former interior minister Yuriy] Lutsenko and [former acting defense minister Valeriy] Ivaschenko have criminal nature. Accordingly, the allegations about Ukraine's selective application of justice and alleged prosecution of the opposition, are at least, biased and partial," Horan said.
He noted that representatives of Freedom House, for some reason decided not to take into account the objective information provided by the Prosecutor General's Office in their report.
As reported, Freedom House recommends that the Ukrainian government stop selective prosecutions and pardon the imprisoned leaders of the opposition in its report on the situation in Ukraine that was presented in Kyiv on Thursday.
"The government should end selective prosecutions, pardon imprisoned political leaders without conditions, and allow all opposition figures, including those currently imprisoned, to contest the parliamentary elections in October," reads a report by the organization on the situation in Ukraine that was presented in Kyiv on Thursday.
