Tymoshenko ends hunger strike in Ukraine

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ends her three-week long hunger strike as extensive therapy begins for her back pain.

10 May 2012, 12:00am

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The ambulance which carried Yulia Tymoshenko during her transfer to hospital for medical attention

Jailed former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko ended her hunger strike after nearly three weeks according to a German specialist currently treating her for back pain.

The specialist, Neurologist Lutz Harms, said that Tymoshenko’s recovery following her hunger strike could last up to a month.

A thorough examination was carried out by Harms who will be carrying out an extensive ‘complex, multidimensional therapy’.

Tymoshenko was transferred by Ukranian prison authorities on 9 May due to concerns about her health while she serves a seven-year sentence for abuse-of-office charges.

Her hunger strike began on 20 April and Tymoshenko refused treatment from doctors from the Ukrainian penal system because she feared malpractice and treatment.