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The arrest and detention of a former Ukrainian minister has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights.

Yuri Lutsenko, 47, was arrested in December 2010 and
sentenced in February 2012 to four years in prison for abuse of office
and embezzlement.

The court found on July 3 that his arrest was “arbitrary”, and a number of his human rights had been breached.

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