Tymoshenko supporters stage Independence Day protest in Kiev

2012-08-24 31

Opposition activists have marked Independence Day in Ukraine by protesting over the continued imprisonment of Yulia Tymoshenko.

The former prime minister's seven-year sentence is viewed by many as political persecution.

Supporters of President Viktor Yanukovich's Party of the Regions also filled the streets of Kiev.

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