More than 100 Russian doctors signed an open letter published Saturday that demands the immediate release of an artist and musician
Oh boy, something tells me that Russia is soon short of 100 doctors because they somehow fell out of their windows...
Tomorrow: more than 100 doctors imprisoned after protesting the imprisonment of an artist protesting the war in Ukraine.
After that: Wives and husbands of more than 100 doctors imprisoned after protesting the imprisonment of more than 100 doctors imprisoned after protesting the imprisonment of an artist protesting the war in Ukraine.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
LONDON (AP) — More than 100 Russian doctors signed an open letter published Saturday that demands the immediate release of an artist and musician who was sentenced to seven years in prison for swapping supermarket price tags with antiwar messages.
The letter calling for Sasha Skochilenko to be freed was addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and warned that time in prison could lead to a “significant deterioration” in the 33-year-old artist’s health.
Skochilenko was “diagnosed with a number of severe chronic diseases that require proper medical supervision and a special diet,” states the letter, which goes on to note the doctors’ indignation at the “obvious injustice of the verdict.”
Skochilenko’s arrest came about a month after authorities adopted a law effectively criminalizing any public expression about the war that deviates from the official Kremlin line.
The legislation has been used in a widespread crackdown on opposition politicians, human rights activists and ordinary citizens critical of the Kremlin, with many receiving lengthy prison terms.
But she has struggled while in custody due to health problems that include a congenital heart defect, bipolar disorder and celiac disease, her lawyers and partner have said.
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The fact that Russia's prison system has shit for doctors isn't surprising to me. Russia, the country notorious for penal military units and penal labour, doesn't have adequate healthcare for prisoners? No way...
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