European Parliament calls on Ukraine to free ‘political prisoners’

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The European Parliament on Thursday urged the Ukrainian authorities to free people “sent to prison for political motives.” The parliament reiterated its concern about the trials over former and current high-ranking officials in a resolution passed on Thursday, Interfax reports. The trials failed to meet Europe's standards of “fairness, impartiality, transparency and independence,” the document says. European MPs also urged Kiev to observe the rights of Yulia Tymoshenko, Yury Lutsenko and Valery Ivashchenko and others and to secure necessary medical treatment for them.