Human rights defender and former addict Andriy Yarovyi was imprisoned by the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” for 489 days. He visited non-government controlled territory to monitor the access that addicts have to replacement therapy programs – which had started to close from the very start of the occupation. But he himself ended up without access to treatment and medicine. Hromadske tells his story.
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Hromadske: The cost of help – the story of human rights defender Andriy Yarovyi
This undated photo shows Ukrainian rights activist Andriy Yarovyi.
