,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #bh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,january #ad1 #bjac  
,ms4 ,kaptur submitted the following    
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,affairs         
,,resolution  ,condemning the           
persecution of political opposition     
leader ,yulia ,tymoshenko as well as    
other political prisoners1 among them   
former internal affairs minister ,yuri  
,lutsenko4  ,whereas these trials have  
been seen by the international community
 as political persecution against the   
opposition of the government of         
,ukrainian ,president ,viktor           
,yanukovych2 ,whereas starting on ,may  
#bjaj a number of criminal cases were   
opened against ,yulia ,tymoshenko and   
against ministers and officials from the
 previous government led by her under   
the assertion that these cases were     
brought forth to fight corruption in    
,ukraine2 ,whereas ,ms4 ,tymoshenko was 
charged in ,may #bjaa over abuse of     

office in regards to a #bjji natural gas
 import contract with ,russia and her   
trial began on ,june #bd1 #bjaa2        
,whereas1 on ,august #e1 #bjaa1 the     
court ruled that ,ms4 ,tymoshenko was in
 contempt of court and imprisoned her   
for the remainder of her trial1 a period
 of over two months2 ,whereas the       
fairness of the trial has been in       
question due to ,ms4 ,tymoshenko being  
denied legal representation on two      
occasions and not being offered an      
appropriate amount of time for her      
defense team to prepare for trial2      
,whereas1 during her imprisonment1 ,ms4 
,tymoshenko began to show signs of      
severe illness and the court refused her
 request to be examined by a personal   
physician2 ,whereas1 on ,october #aa1   
#bjaa1 the court found ,ms4 ,tymoshenko 
guilty of abuse of power1 sentenced her 
to seven years in jail1 fined her #ahi  
million and banned her from holding     
elected office for a period of #c years 
disqualifying her from participating in 

the #bjab parliamentary and #bjae       
presidential elections2 ,whereas1 in    
,september #bjaa1 in commemoration of   
,ukraine's #bjth anniversary of         
independence1 ,h4 ,res4 #dja notes      
concern about the appearance of         
politically motivated prosecutions of   
opposition figures in ,ukraine1 among   
them ,ms4 ,tymoshenko2 and ,whereas     
world governments have lambasted the    
decision against ,ms4 ,tymoshenko       
calling it politically motivated and    
questioned ,ukraine's commitment to     
democracy and rule of law3 ,now1        
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,house of   
,representatives--  7#a7 condemns the   
verdict against ,yulia ,tymoshenko as   
well as the unfair circumstances in     
which the trial took place and requests 
that she be released from custody while 
the verdict is appealed2  7#b7 demands  
the ,government of ,ukraine immediately 
release all political prisoners as well 
as provides proper medical care to all  
those that have been imprisoned2 and    

7#c7 demands that ,ukraine adhere to the
 principles of democracy and rule of law
 by respecting human rights1 freedom of 
the press1 and the protection of free   
speech and the right to assemble        
peacefully4