Hunger strike

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Navalny to be transferred to hospital for prisoners – penitentiary service

Imprisoned blogger Alexey Navalny would be moved to a hospital for convicts after several weeks of a hunger strike, the Federal Penitentiary Service said Monday.

13:57 19.04.2021

Human rights council chair visits starving Moscow Region district ex-head in detention

Mikhail Fedotov, Chairman of the Presidential Council for Human Rights, has visited Alexander Shestun, detained ex-head of the Moscow Region’s Serpukhov District who has been on hunger strike for a long time.

10:54 26.07.2019

Crimean terrorism convict ends hunger strike - ombudsman

Ukrainian activist Alexander Kolchenko sentenced to 10 years in Russian prison for plotting terrorist attacks in Crimea has decided to end his hunger strike.

17:46 08.06.2018

Ukrainian ex-pilot Savchenko goes on hunger strike again

Ukrainian military ex-pilot Nadezhda Savchenko who stands charged with involvement in the killing Russian journalists and civilians in Donbas has declared a new hunger strike until the end of her trial.

12:18 17.12.2015

Russian opposition activist Udaltsov ends hunger strike

Russian opposition activist Sergey Udaltsov, who was sentenced to four and a half years in jail for organizing the 2012 riots in central Moscow, stopped hunger strike launched in protest of his solitary confinement.

13:09 13.10.2015

Arrested Yaroslavl mayor goes on hunger strike

Yaroslavl Mayor Yevgeny Urlashov, who is suspected of soliciting a bribe, went on a hunger strike to attract attention to the violations in his case.

13:15 11.09.2015

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko detained in Russia to continue hunger strike

Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been charged with complicity in the murder of Russian journalists, will not put an end to her hunger strike.

13:26 12.01.2015

Ukrainian pilot Savchenko detained in Russia goes on hunger strike

Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who has been charged with complicity in the murder of Russian journalists, on Monday declared a hunger strike, her attorney Mark Feygin told RAPSI.

17:05 15.12.2014

Convicted opposition activist Udaltsov ends hunger strike after 26 days

Jailed opposition activist Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for organizing mass riots in central Moscow in May 2012 has put an end to his hunger strike.

15:44 19.08.2014

Convicted opposition activist Udaltsov goes on hunger strike

Left Front leader Sergei Udaltsov sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for organizing riots in May 2012 declared a hunger strike, Federal Penitentiary Service spokesperson Sergey Tsygankov told RIA Novosti.

13:31 25.07.2014

ECHR finds Turkey responsible for violations amid 2000 hunger strike violence

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Turkey had violated the rights of female prisoners in connection with an October 2000 hunger strike and the operation that subsequently ended it, according to a release issued by the court.

16:48 10.12.2013

Over 150 prisoners declare hunger strike in Georgian prison

Over 150 prisoners have declared a hunger strike in Gldanskaya Prison No. 8 in Tbilisi. The prisoners demand a review of their cases, and that a commission should be established in order to review into any potential failures of justice, according to Nana Kakabadze, a representative of NGO Former Prisoners for Human Rights.

14:22 02.12.2013