,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #afe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aj1
 #bjac ,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,rubio1 ,mrs4 ,boxer1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1   
and ,mr4 ,murphy7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign          
,relations  ,,resolution  ,calling for  
the release from prison of former ,prime
 ,minister of ,ukraine ,yulia           
,tymoshenko in light of the recent      
,european ,court of ,human ,rights      
ruling4  ,whereas1 in ,august #aiia1 the
 ,ukrainian ,parliament declared        
independence from the ,soviet ,union and
 approved decrees to mint its own       
currency and take command of all ,soviet
 military units on its soil2 ,whereas1  
in ,december #aiia1 #ij percent of      
,ukrainians voted in a referendum to    
support independence from the ,soviet   
,union2 ,whereas ,ukraine has           
experienced increased economic and      
political cooperation with ,europe and  

the ,united ,states since its           
independence from the ,soviet ,union2   
,whereas1 in #aiif1 ,ukraine adopted its
 first democratic constitution that     
included basic freedoms of speech1      
assembly1 religion1 and press2 ,whereas1
 in #bjjd1 ,ukrainians organized a      
series of historic protests1 strikes1   
and sit-ins known as the ,orange        
,revolution to protest electoral fraud  
in the #bjjd presidential election2     
,whereas ,yulia ,tymoshenko was a leader
 of the ,orange ,revolution and was     
first elected as ,prime ,minister in    
#bjje2 ,whereas1 in the #bjaj           
presidential election1 incumbent        
,president ,viktor ,yushchenko won only 
#e4e percent in the first round of      
voting1 which left former ,prime        
,minister ,viktor ,yanukovich and then  
,prime ,minister ,yulia ,tymoshenko to  
face one another in a run-off election2 
,whereas ,mr4 ,yanukovich defeated ,ms4 
,tymoshenko by a margin of #di percent  
to #dd percent2 ,whereas1 on ,october   

#aa1 #bjaa1 ,ms4 ,tymoshenko was found  
guilty and sentenced to seven years in  
prison on charges that she abused her   
position as ,prime ,minister in         
connection with a ,russian natural gas  
contract2 ,whereas1 on ,january #bf1    
#bjab1 the ,parliamentary ,assembly     
,council of ,europe 7,,pace7 passed a   
resolution 7#ahfb7 that declared that   
the articles under which ,ms4           
,tymoshenko was convicted were overly   
broad in application and effectively    
allow for ex post facto criminalization 
of normal political decision making2    
,whereas1 on ,may #cj1 #bjab1 the       
,european ,parliament passed a          
resolution 7,c#aec_/ba7 deploring the   
sentencing of ,ms4 ,tymoshenko2         
,whereas1 on ,september #bb1 #bjab1 the 
,united ,states ,senate passed a        
resolution 7,s4 ,res4 #dff1 #aabth      
,congress7 that condemned the selective 
and politically motivated prosecution   
and imprisonment of ,yulia ,tymoshenko1 
called for her release1 and called on   

the ,department of ,state to institute a
 visa ban against those responsible for 
the imprisonment of ,ms4 ,tymoshenko and
 the other political leaders associated 
with the #bjjd ,orange ,revolution2     
,whereas1 on ,april #g1 #bjac1          
,president of ,ukraine ,viktor          
,yanukovich pardoned former interior    
minister ,yuri ,lutsenko and several    
other opposition figures allied with    
,ms4 ,tymoshenko2 ,whereas1 on ,april   
#cj1 #bjac1 the ,european ,court of     
,human ,rights1 which settles cases of  
rights abuses after plaintiffs have     
exhausted appeals in their home country 
courts1 ruled that ,ms4 ,tymoshenko's   
pre-trial detention had been arbitrary2 
that the lawfulness of her detention had
 not been properly reviewed2 that her   
right to liberty had been restricted2   
and1 that she had no possibility to seek
 compensation for her unlawful          
deprivation of liberty2 ,whereas1 on    
,april #cj1 #bjac1 ,department of ,state
 ,spokesman ,patrick ,ventrell          

reiterated the ,united ,states call that
 ,ms4 ,tymoshenko be released and that  
the practice of selective prosecution   
end immediately in light of the         
,european ,court of ,human ,rights      
decision2 ,whereas ,ukraine hopes to    
sign an association agreement with the  
,european ,union during the ,eastern    
,partnership ,summit in ,november #bjac2
 and ,whereas1 after the ,european      
,court of ,human ,rights ruling1        
,european ,parliament ,committee on     
,foreign ,affairs chairman ,elmar ,brok 
stated that ,ukraine is still miles away
 from fulfilling ,european standards and
 must end its selective justice before  
signing the association agreement3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--  
7#a7 calls on the ,government of        
,ukraine to release former ,prime       
,minister ,yulia ,tymoshenko from       
imprisonment in light of the ,april     
#bjac ,european ,court of ,human ,rights
 verdict2  7#b7 calls on the ,european  
,union members to include the release of

 ,ms4 ,tymoshenko from imprisonment as  
an important criterion for signing an   
association agreement with ,ukraine at  
the upcoming ,eastern ,partnership      
,summit in ,lithuania2  7#c7 expresses  
its belief and hope that ,ukraine's     
future rests with stronger ties to      
,europe1 the ,united ,states1 and others
 in the community of democracies2 and   
7#d7 expresses its concern and          
disappointment that the continued       
selective and politically motivated     
imprisonment of former ,prime ,minister 
,yulia ,tymoshenko unnecessarily        
detracts from ,ukraine's otherwise      
strong relationship with ,europe1 the   
,united ,states1 and the community of   
democracies4