UK government ministers are boycotting England's three group games in the European football championships over Ukraine's treatment of a jailed opposition leader.
The move is in protest at the "selective justice" being handed out to Yulia Tymoshenko.
Attendance at later matches, such as the final in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, is to be kept "under review".
Other EU leaders have threatened to boycott games over the issue.
Ms Tymoshenko played a key role in the Orange Revolution in 2004 and says her imprisonment is an act of political revenge by Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych.
The authorities have rejected Ms Tymoshenko's allegations. She was jailed for seven years in October, for abuse of power during her time as prime minister.
Last week, she ended a 20-day hunger strike after being moved to a hospital in Kharkiv where she is being treated by a German doctor.
Culled from BBC
Thursday 7 June 2012
UK ministers boycott England games in Ukraine
UK government ministers are boycotting England's three group games in the European football championships over Ukraine's treatment of a jailed opposition leader.
The move is in protest at the "selective justice" being handed out to Yulia Tymoshenko.
Attendance at later matches, such as the final in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, is to be kept "under review".
Other EU leaders have threatened to boycott games over the issue.
Ms Tymoshenko played a key role in the Orange Revolution in 2004 and says her imprisonment is an act of political revenge by Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych.
The authorities have rejected Ms Tymoshenko's allegations. She was jailed for seven years in October, for abuse of power during her time as prime minister.
Last week, she ended a 20-day hunger strike after being moved to a hospital in Kharkiv where she is being treated by a German doctor.
Culled from BBC
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