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Tymoshenko shows bruises from alleged prison treatment‎

2012-04-28 08:42:33 GMT2012-04-28 16:42:33(Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko shows what she claims is an injury in the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, in this undated handout picture received by Reuters on April 27, 2012.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko shows what she claims is an injury in the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, in this undated handout picture received by Reuters on April 27, 2012.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko shows what she claims is an injury in the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, in this undated handout picture received by Reuters on April 27, 2012.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko shows what she claims is an injury in the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, in this undated handout picture received by Reuters on April 27, 2012.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko shows what she claims an injury in the Kachanivska prison in Kharkiv, in this undated handout picture received by Reuters on April 27, 2012.

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, under fire from European politicians over the treatment of his jailed opponent Tymoshenko, has ordered prosecutors to investigate her alleged beating by prison guards last week, he said on Thursday.

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