Condemned in the Crimea-occupied Crimea, Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh, who has been starving for 99 days, became ill, the Internet publication "Crimea. Realia "with reference to the lawyer Olga Dinze who visited her client in the Simferopol jail.
"He has very severe pain in the chest and subscapular muscle. Most likely, there was a pinched nerve, "- said O. Dinze.
The lawyer also reported that the hunger was already 99 days old.. Balukh refused to go for a walk because of his health condition, because "he simply could not physically do this".
In addition, according to the convicted activist, he would not be able to participate in the hearing of the parole application.
Dinze specified that B. Baluch does not eat, but only drinks water.
Also, the lawyer added that the activist was transferred to a new cell. According to B. Balukh, "the cell is normal, there are no problems with other prisoners".
As reported, the Ukrainian farmer V. Balukh was detained on December 8, 2016 in his home in the. Serebryanka of Razdolnensky district temporarily occupied by Russia of Crimea. The Russian authorities charged him with storage of ammunition.
According to activists, in the course of the search, FSB officers stated that in the attic of the house where B lives. Balukh, found 90 rounds and several TNT checkers. Relatives assume that the FSB officers planted ammunition during the search. Previously, B. Balukh was conducted two more searches and during the first from the house the Ukrainian flag was removed.
In January 2018 Razdolnensky District Court of Crimea sentenced B. Balukh to 3 years and 7 months of imprisonment in a colony-settlement and to a fine of 10 thousand. Russian rubles. "Supreme Court" of Crimea on March 14 reduced the term of imprisonment to 3 years and 5 months with his serving in a colony settlement.
On the same day, the verdict came into force and B. Balukh started a hunger strike. On May 15, he began to take food to avoid forced feeding.
On May 19, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Lyudmila Denisova reported that, according to her Russian counterpart Tatyana Moskalkova, V. Baluch is fed according to a special scheme. However, on June 22 B. Balukh decided to go on a dry hunger strike. Denisova urgently needs to provide her access to B. Baluch.
On June 25, consideration of the petition for parole of the Ukrainian activist Vladimir Balukh, starving in the Crimean SIZO in the so-called "cartridges case", was postponed until July 5.