Sentsov experiencing third crisis, has no intention to stop hunger strike - Denisova after talk with his lawyer

16:41, 09.08.2018 1 min read

 A political prisoner, Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who is being held in the Polar Bear colony in Labytnangi, is currently experiencing a third crisis, he does not intend to give up on his hunger strike and agreed to videotaping in the colony by a public monitoring commission, the Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Liudmyla Denisova has said.

"I've talked with Oleh's lawyer Dmitry Dinze who said that the situation is very bad. He said that Sentsov has a third protracted crisis now. They wanted to send him to the hospital twice, where they were going to connect him to medical equipment and begin compulsory feeding. The last time, when he was taken to the city hospital of Labytnangi, the doctors wanted to tie him to bed and start forcible feeding. According to Dmitry Dinze, Oleh said that he does not intend to stop the hunger strike," wrote Denisova on Facebook on Thursday.