STRASBOURG, Aug. 28 - Lawyers for Ukraine’s jailed opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko, appealed to Europe’s human rights court Tuesday as her only hope for a fair hearing, accusing the government of rigging the criminal case against her.

A lawyer for the government denied any political motive and said her complaints about prison conditions and injuries were groundless.

“All this process has been prearranged and prewritten by the regime,” said Tymoshenko’s daughter, Eugenia, who attended Tuesday’s hearing, according to the Associated Press.