Oleg Sentsov announced an unlimited hunger strike demanding to free the Ukrainian political zones

Director Oleg Sentsov announced an indefinite hunger strike demanding to free 64 Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia. About this writes "Mediazona" with reference to lawyer Dmitry Dinze.

Dinze told the publication that Oleg Sentsov was preparing for a hunger strike for a month and a half. “He refused grocery gear, from the store in the colony, switched to Balanda and ate the minimum amount of food, preparing the body for a hunger strike ...”, the lawyer says.

“In the colony he was persuaded to stop the hunger strike, representatives of the Human Rights Council came to the FSIN. He said in response that the hunger strike would go to the victorious end: either he would die or his requirements will begin to be fulfilled. He did not require his own release. It is exclusively about the release of political prisoners, ”said Dmitry Dinze.

The director was transferred to the isolated camera of the White Bear colony in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, where he is serving his sentence. There, his health is controlled by a physician.

“I, Sentsov Oleg, a citizen of Ukraine, illegally condemned by the Russian court and located in the colony of the city of Labytnangi, announce an unlimited hunger strike since May 14, 2018. The only condition for its termination is the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners located in the Russian Federation, ”Oleg Sentsov handed this note through a lawyer.

“Together and to the end. Glory to Ukraine! ”, Written at the end of the text in Ukrainian.

UPD 20:23 The administration of the colony "White Bear" stated that in case of deterioration in Sentsov’s health, it will be forced to feed him forcibly.

In addition, he can be sent to a psychiatric examination.

• The OVD-Info published a letter to the director of human rights activists: "Even the edge saw Baikal from the air prison window on the flight Charter Yakutsk-Irkutsk."
• On August 25, 2015, Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko were sentenced , respectively, to 20 and 10 years in a maximum security colony for terrorist acts in the form of arson of the United Russia Office in the Crimea, as well as for, supposedly, preparation for terrorist acts and the illegal turnover of explosives.