Yan Katelevsky, arrested for 12 days, is on a dry hunger strike

Blogger Jan Katelevsky has been on a dry hunger strike for 12 days since the court decision. At the same time, doctors and lawyers are not allowed to see him, explaining that during the holidays it is impossible to issue a power of attorney. This was reported in the Moscow region branch of the Yabloko party.

arrested because of OVD-Info[upd] Subsequently, Yabloko activists managed to find out that doctors were not allowed to see Katelevsky only at first, but now in the temporary detention center where he is located, he has the opportunity to call a doctor by pressing a button. As for lawyers, previously defenders who did not have the status of a lawyer tried to visit him, and they were not allowed in. From May 4, his interests will be represented by a lawyer.

Katelevsky was detained on April 27 for filming in a vacant lot near the police station in Ramenskoye. The next day, at the same place where he told his comrades about the detention, he was detained again and placed under arrest for 12 days under the article of disobedience to the legal demands of police officers. The activists who filmed him received ten and three days of arrest.