Jailed Kremlin critic Navalny announces hunger strike

AFP , Wednesday 31 Mar 2021

'I have gone on a hunger strike demanding that the law be obeyed and that a visiting doctor be allowed to visit me,' jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny wrote on Instagram

 Alexei Navalny
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny announced Wednesday that he has gone on hunger strike until he receives proper medical treatment for severe back pain and numbness in his legs.

"I have gone on a hunger strike demanding that the law be obeyed and that a visiting doctor be allowed to visit me," he wrote on Instagram. Instead of receiving medical treatment he was being "tortured with sleep deprivation", he added.

 

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