Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny goes on hunger strike
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has declared a hunger strike in order to get medical treatment for back pain. The Kremlin critic’s Instagram account published a handwritten letter in which he delivered his protest in a satirical manner. I have the legal right to see a doctor obtain a prescription. However, they don’t owe me one or the other. The pain in my back has spread to my knee. Sensitivity has lost in sections of my right leg and, my left leg. According to the Independent, he wrote, “Jokes aside, but this is still irritating”.
According to the Independent, the Kremlin replied by saying that starvation was superior to losing the use of his limbs. Navalny is an attorney, politician, and the head of the Progress Party. He has a lifelong political critic of President Vladimir Putin, who has in office for 21 years. Navalny is imprisoned at the Pokrov penal colony, where he has a pinched nerve in his back. He has arrested two months ago, shortly after returning from medical treatment in Germany that left him in a coma and from which he is now recovering. Similarly, the assassination attempt has blamed agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service.
Russia’s jail system is well-known for its harshness:
Navalny attorneys maintain that his condition is rapidly deteriorating. Hence, they are concerned about his safety. Noting that the suffering has hampered his ability to walk. The condition is exacerbated by Navalny allegations of sleep torture in which he awakened eight times a night. Navalny claims that the government is in cahoots with activist convicts or goats. Moreover, a group of Russian doctors started an online petition asking prison officials to encourage the opposition figure to seen by doctors outside of prison.
Russia’s jail system is well-known for its harshness. Countless prisoners have died as a result of harsh conditions and some notable incidents suggest that medical care could be denied on purpose. Moreover, many people think of the Navalny sentence has imposed for political reasons. According to a statement issued by the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service, Navalny, and other inmates have undergone medical exams. According to Russian state media outlet Tass, Navalny is in a relatively healthy and safe condition.
