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Ukraine's jailed ex-PM Tymoshenko 'on hunger strike'
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News Date | Tuesday, April 24, 2012 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | Yulia Tymoshenko, the former Ukrainian prime minister serving a prison sentence for abuse of office, has reportedly gone on hunger strike.
Her fast began on Friday, lawyer Serhiy Vlasenko told Interfax news agency, speaking outside the walls of her prison in the eastern city of Kharkiv.
She is serving seven years in prison for abuse of office, a conviction which caused dismay in the West. |
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