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Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klykh, who is serving a 20-year sentence in Russia, went on hunger strike.

“Today Stanislav Klykh’s mother called me and said that he had gone on a hunger strike. So he told her on the phone. He just can’t stand it anymore. Neither the cold in prison cell, nor the bad food which makes him sick all the time, and most importantly, oblivion!” human rights activist Tatyana Shchur posted on Facebook with reference to the prisoner’s mother.

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