In a Feb. 22 report for the Financial Times, Roman Olearchyk writes: "Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is ill, in pain and not receiving proper medical care, according to a foreign doctor who examined her last week as part of an independent humanitarian mission organised by western governments."
The report continues: “Though Ms Tymoshenko’s family and lawyers have repeatedly made such assertions, comments by the doctor – one of a group of five to examine her – amount to the first independent confirmation that Ms Tymoshenko is ill and suffering in prison. It could further strain relations between the west and Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovich, already under fire for allegedly persecuting rivals as part of a broader rollback of democracy.”
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Financial Times: Doctor confirms Tymoshenko is ill in jail
Ukraine's jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko is ill, in pain and not receiving proper medical care, according to one of five foreign doctors.
