{"id":360639,"date":"2021-03-31T15:46:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=360639"},"modified":"2021-03-31T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:47:14","slug":"russias-navalny-declares-hunger-strike-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russias-navalny-declares-hunger-strike-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Navalny declares hunger strike in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussias-navalny-declares-hunger-strike-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=360639&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">TOPSHOT \u2013 Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny spoke during an interview with AFP at the office of his Anti-corruption Foundation (FBK) in Moscow on January 16, 2018. (Photo by MLADEN ANTONOV\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:40 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, March 31, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>In response to the poor conditions of his detention, Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has declared a hunger strike in prison.<\/p>\n<p>In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Navalny said prison administrators have been denying him medical treatment after he developed severe pain in his spine and right leg. The opposition leader explained he had to declare a hunger strike to change that situation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/navalny?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@navalny<\/a> declares hunger strike as near-last resort to prison services (i.e. Kremlin&#8217;s) refusal to provide him with  access to healthcare, against backdrop of intensifying pain and neurological symptoms in both his legs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B2xmAgiy37\">pic.twitter.com\/B2xmAgiy37<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/christogrozev\/status\/1377285424696193026?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier this week, a group of more than 20 Russian doctors signed an open letter calling on the Kremlin to release Navalny, saying he needs medical help. The doctors have criticized the inhumane conditions in that prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou, those in whose hands the life and destiny of Alexey Navalny is. Please do not prevent him from receiving medical assistance. I, the people around and the whole world is now following the situation with Alexey Navalny, we are watching your activities,\u201d Dr. Vadim Bondar said. \u201cTrust me no one likes what you\u2019re doing, and your actions may play against you in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opposition leader said prison guards are always monitoring him and sometimes depriving him of sleep at night, amounting to torture.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny\u2019s legal team has demanded his unconditional release.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/aoc-term-surge-invokes-militaristic-frame-pushes-white-supremacy\/\">AOC: Term \u2018Surge\u2019 Invokes Militaristic Frame, Pushes White Supremacy<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOPSHOT \u2013 Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny spoke during an interview with AFP at the office of his Anti-corruption Foundation (FBK) in Moscow on January 16, 2018. 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