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RFE/RL: Hunger-striking Sentsov’s health deteriorating, with heart and kidney problems

Published June 22, 2018 at 5:23 pm

In this file photo taken on July 27, 2015, Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov looks on inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a military court in the city of Rostov-on-Don. G7 Ambassadors said on June 21, 2018, they were deeply concerned about Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, who has been on hunger strike for more than a month as he serves a 20-year term in a Russian prison camp.

Photo by AFP / Sergei Venyavsky

The health of jailed Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov, who has been on hunger strike for almost 40 days in a Russian penal colony, is deteriorating, his lawyer says.

Dmitry Dinze told RFE/RL on June 22 that Sentsov had lost almost 15 kilograms since he started the hunger strike on May 14, and was experiencing problems with his heart and kidneys.