Report: Merkel urges treatment for Tymoshenko
Tymoshenko, 51, is on a hunger strike to protest alleged abuse in a Ukraine prison where she is serving a seven-year sentence on charges of abusing her powers when she was prime minister. She claims guards punched her and twisted her arms and legs while forcibly taking her to a hospital to be treated for debilitating back pain.
Merkel was quoted by the Koelner Stadt-Anzeiger newspaper Thursday saying: “We must now do everything possible to see that Yulia Tymoshenko gets the proper treatment for her medical problems as soon as possible.”