Alexei Navalny has appealed for medical treatment, which has been turned down. After this, he has announced to go on hunger strike.
Russia’s opposition leader Alexey Navalny
Russia’s opposition leader Alexei Navalny has sat on a hunger strike in prison. Navalny has taken a strike against being kept in a prison built outside Moscow and not given better medical facilities. He said that he has severe pain in his back and legs. Navalni, one of the most prominent critics of President Vladimir Putin, has also told about the torture that will happen to him. He said that last week he used to wake a guard and torture him every hour at night.
Navalani has appealed for medical treatment, which has been turned down. The opposition leader wrote a letter to the governor of the jail, in which he requested his favorite doctor for a checkup and medication. But this demand of Navalni was ignored. Navalani’s social media team posted this letter on Wednesday. In the letter, the opposition leader of Russia said, I need a doctor. We convicts have the right to get an expert examined and consulted. I too have such right and I am innocent. I demand that a doctor be allowed to see me and I am declaring a hunger strike till this happens.
Jail said- Navalni is getting all the necessary treatment
Navalani was examined last week and the jail authorities termed her health as “well-founded and satisfactory”. On the other hand, the Kremlin has refused to comment on Navalni’s health and said that it is a matter of federal prison service. On Wednesday, the Jail Service said that Navalni is being provided all necessary treatment. The Interfax news agency cited the Federal Peninsular Service of the Vladimir region as saying, “All necessary medical aid is being provided to the accused Alexey Navalny according to his current medical condition.”
Medical professionals wrote a letter about Navalni’s health
On the other hand, medical professionals wrote an open letter on Sunday, demanding that the 44-year-old politician should be given proper care. It said in this letter that we fear the worst. There can be serious consequences of leaving the patient in this situation, in which there is a risk of the lower body functioning and numbness. Navalani said that the severe pain in the back has now spread to the right leg and then to the left leg. He said that he was being given only one drug, ibuprofen tablet and cream. On the other hand, some members of the local prisoner monitoring group have accused Navalni of hypocrisy.
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