Six doctors backed by Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny were detained, Tuesday, April 6, in front of the penal colony in Pokrov, where Navalny is imprisoned.
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READ MORE: Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny has been moved to a prison hospital and tested for the coronavirus, Russian media reported. His hospitalization came Monday, just hours after he released a statement on social media in which he alleged a tuberculosis outbreak in the prison and complained of a heavy cough and high fever.
Concerns over Navalny’s health have returned to the spotlight after he announced last week he was starting a hunger strike to gain access to what he insists is urgently needed medical care as he serves out a 2½-year sentence in a Russian prison 100 kilometers from Moscow.
“I have a right to ask for a doctor and access to medication. Yet stupidly, I’m receiving neither,” Navalny wrote in a message released on his Instagram account announcing the hunger strike.
Navalny, 44, also shared a handwritten letter he sent to the prison administration describing acute pain in his back that had spread to his legs, causing a loss of sensation.
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LINK: www.voanews.com/europe/report-jailed-russian-opposition-leader-navalny-hospitalized
