Treatment of Former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko
Press Statement
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
May 1, 2012
The
United States is deeply concerned by the treatment of former Prime
Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and other imprisoned members of her former
government. The photographs of Mrs. Tymoshenko released by the Ukrainian
Human Rights Ombudsman further call into question the conditions of her
confinement. We urge the Ukrainian authorities to ensure that Mrs.
Tymoshenko receives immediate medical assistance in an appropriate
facility and request that the U.S. Ambassador be given access to her. We
continue to call for her release, the release of other members of her
former government and the restoration of their full civil and political
rights.
