A law firm representing former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych says
he is suing Ukraine for violating his human rights, according to Business
Insider citing The Associated Press.
Yanukovych
fled to Russia in February 2014 following months of anti-government protests.
He later insisted he was threatened and forced to leave the country, according to the report.
London-based Joseph Hage Aaronson said in a statement
on Monday that Yanukovych has lodged a lawsuit against Ukraine's government
with the European Court of Human Rights for "repeatedly" violating
his human rights.
As UNIAN reported ealier, Ukraine's Prosecutor
General, Viktor Shokin announced on July 28 the start of the procedure of
trying Yanukovych in absentia.
According to Shokin, on July 27, the Kyiv Court
recognized the validity of arguments and evidence provided by the General
Prosecutor's Office, and started the trial in absentia. Yanukovych's defense
has later appealed this trial procedure. On August 11, the Appeals Court in
Kyiv dismissed the appeal.
According to the head of the Special Investigations
Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office Serhiy Horbatiuk, five criminal
proceedings were initiated against Yanukovych on charges of involvement in the
so-called crimes on the Maidan.
The
ousted president's lawyers said Yanukovych has suffered "discriminatory
treatment due to his political status and opinions" and that he cannot return to Ukraine because of security risks,
according to AP.
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