Responding to studies that Aleksei Navalny has been transferred from the penal colony the place he is unlawfully imprisoned to a health-related ward at another prison, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Japanese Europe and Central Asia, claimed:
“Aleksei Navalny’s wellbeing has deteriorated promptly for the duration of his time in detention. He is now on starvation strike as the Russian authorities have been denying him an examination by impartial medical doctors of his decision. The transfer of Navalny to a different penal colony and the hottest official statements show up to suggest that the authorities intend to start drive-feeding him as a way to break his starvation strike and additional punish him.”



The transfer of Navalny to an additional penal colony and the most recent formal statements look to counsel that the authorities intend to get started force-feeding him as a way to break his starvation strike and additional punish him






“We reiterate our phone for Aleksei Navalny’s fast release. While he remains in detention, Aleksei Navalny have to be permitted to be examined and handled by qualified, unbiased clinical professionals of his decision. The authorities must ensure that any determination on subjecting him to forcible feeding is taken only after independent health care professionals conduct an assessment of his circumstance with no coercion and undue interference, using into account Navalny’s mental competence and wishes. Or else, a choice to power-feed him may perhaps sum to torture or other unwell-therapy.
“The Russian authorities cannot escape the global scrutiny that their appalling treatment of Aleksei Navalny has invited. We handle all of our supporters, nationwide governments and worldwide bodies to join our phone for Navalny’s fast release, and urgent health-related consideration by impartial doctors of his alternative to preserve his everyday living.”
Background
On 19 April, the Russian Federal Penitentiary support (FSIN) declared that Aleksei Navalny, who is unlawfully imprisoned in Penal Colony No.2 in Pokrov, Vladimir region, has been transferred to the medical ward of Penal Colony No.3 in the regional funds Vladimir. Aleksei Navalny declared a hunger strike on 31 March following jail authorities refused to let a doctor to analyze his worsening overall health ailment, which incorporates pains in his back and numbness in his legs.
In a push launch today, the Russian penal authorities described Aleksei Navalny’s wellness situation as “satisfactory” and claimed that, with his consent, he is acquiring “vitamin therapy”. In distinction, Navalny’s attending physicians reported on 16 April “sharply negative” dynamics of Navalny’s blood assessments, which, in their opinion, could lead to renal failure or a cardiac arrest “at any instant”.