ECHR to announce its ruling on Tymoshenko case on April 30
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will announce its ruling on the lawsuit filed by Ukraine's former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on April 30.
"The ECHR will pass its judgment on the case Tymoshenko versus Ukraine at a public hearing in Strasbourg at 10.30 on Tuesday, April 30," Interfax-Ukraine learned at the press service of the ECHR on Wednesday.
As reported, Tymoshenko's appeal was filed at the ECHR in August 2011. The ex-premier alleges that her detention was politically motivated; that there has been no judicial review of the lawfulness of her detention in Kyiv detention center; that her detention conditions were improper, with no medical care provided for her numerous health problems; and, that she was under round-the-clock surveillance in Kharkiv hospital.
The ECHR held a public hearing of this appeal on August 28, 2012.
After the Higher Specialized Court upheld the seven-year sentence for Tymoshenko in the case on the abuse of office in signing a gas supply contract with Russia in 2009, the ex-premier lodged another appeal with the European Court about the politically motivated violation of her right to a fair trial. The ECHR launched proceedings into this case in October 2012.
On April 23, 2013, Tymoshenko's defense counsel Serhiy Vlasenko confirmed that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) would announce its ruling on Tymoshenko's first appeal on April 30. At the same time, he said he did not know when the ECHR would announce its ruling on the ex-premier's second appeal against unfair trial.
On October 11, 2011, the Pechersky District Court in Kyiv sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in prison for exceeding her authority when signing gas supply contracts with Russia in 2009. She has been serving her sentence at the Kachanivska correctional facility in Kharkiv since late December 2011.