Ukraine's former prime minister and leader of the Batkivschyna Party Yulia Tymoshenko intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against the violation of her right to liberty and security during her detention on May 24.
This is stated in Tymoshenko’s complaint to the European Court of Human Rights, a copy of which was posted on the Web site of the Ukrayinska Pravda’s online publication.
In her complaint, the ex-prime minister claims that on May 24, 2011, her right to liberty and security, which is guaranteed by Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, was violated.
According to the document, lawyers of the Batkivschyna leader said that Tymoshenko was held in custody for eight hours from 1000 until 1800 on May 24.
In her suit, Tymoshenko claims that the restriction of her freedom of movement and her detention were aimed at depriving her personally and her party of any possibility to express political opinions that differ from the political views of the ruling party.
In addition, the preamble to the document states that the claimant "was the main rival of Viktor Yanukovych (the current president of Ukraine) in the presidential election of 2010."
In the runoff, she received the support from 45.47% of the voters, which was 3.5% less than that won byYanukovych, the document said.
