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BRUSSELS – The European Court of Human Rights will hold the first phase of consideration of the complaint of former prime minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko against Ukraine - public hearings.

After the hearing the ECHR will begin its deliberations, which will
be held in private. Its ruling in the case will be made at a later
stage, reads a report posted on the court’s Web site.

Tymoshenko’s application was lodged with the Court on August 10,
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 inadequate, with no medical care provided for her numerous health
problems; and, that she was under round-the-clock surveillance in
Kharkiv hospital.

She relies principally on Article 3 (prohibition of degrading
treatment or punishment), Article 5 (right to liberty and security),
Article 8 (right to private life) and Article 18 (limitation on use of
restrictions on rights) of the European Convention on Human Rights

Pechersky District Court in Kyiv on October 11, 2011 sentenced
Tymoshenko to seven years in jail on counts of exceeding authority by
signing gas contracts with Russia in 2009. She has been serving her term
in Kharkiv since December 2011.

The defense team has repeatedly stated that Tymoshenko had health
problems even during her stay in Kyiv’s pre-trial detention center, and
demanded that she be examined by independent doctors, because Tymoshenko
does not trust Ukrainian doctors. On May 9, Tymoshenko was moved from
the prison to Central Clinical Hospital No. 5 in Kharkiv.