KIEV, April 30 – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the arrest of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko on charges of exceeding her powers when signing the 2009 gas supply contracts with Russia was politically motivated and was conducted in violation of her rights.

"In today's Chamber judgment in the case of Tymoshenko v. Ukraine (application no. 49872/11), which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: a violation of Article 5 section 1 (right to liberty and security) of the European Convention on Human Rights; a violation of Article 5 section 4 (right to a speedy review of the lawfulness of detention); a violation of Article 5 section 5 (right to compensation for unlawful detention); [and] a violation of Article 18 (limitation on use of restrictions on rights) in conjunction with Article 5," reads the judgment delivered by the ECHR in Strasbourg on Tuesday.