Jailed Russian journalist and activist Maria Ponomarenko has gone on a hunger strike to protest her treatment in singular confinement, her support group said Thursday.Ponomarenko, who is serving concurrent prison sentences for spreading out fake news about Russias invasion of Ukraine and presumably assaulting prison guards, is not expected to be launched up until 2028, according to her lawyer.Her support system said the hunger strike began Sunday in reaction to jail authorities refusal to set up a privacy screen for the toilet in her seclusion cell in the Altai region.Besides emotional distress, this has led Maria to refuse food so that she would require to ease herself less typically, the group wrote on Telegram.Ponomarenko is likewise opposing the confiscation of her outgoing letters and the prisons rejection to issue permission kinds that would permit advocates to request details about her condition.She advised fans to call Russias Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov and presidential human rights commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova, stating that petitions at the local level are meaningless.This marks Ponomarenkos 2nd cravings strike in seven months.
In September, she staged a comparable protest after accusing prison officials of producing disciplinary reports that landed her in singular confinement.Russias Memorial human rights group acknowledges Ponomarenko as a political prisoner.The journalist has been identified with histrionic personality condition and has formerly tried suicide while in cops custody.
Last month, her employer RusNews reported she was once again at risk of suicide and had actually introduced a hunger strike to demand better conditions.A Message from The Moscow Times: Dear readers, We are dealing with unprecedented challenges.
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