Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Wednesday that he was being refused access to hospital treatment by prison officials after falling sick, in what his team called an underhanded attempt to kill him.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny stands inside a glass cell during a court hearing at the Babushkinsky district court in Moscow
A lawyer by training, Navalny has filed several lawsuits against penitentiary officials, claiming they have infringed his constitutional rights. Authorities have also placed a “mentally unwell person” in a nearby cell who has been “howling at night”, Navalny said.“Are you human?” she said in a post on Instagram.“Putin is still trying to kill Navalny but in a quieter and slower manner compared to the Novichok poisoning,” the team said on the Telegram messaging app.
In an open letter, hundreds of Russian doctors urged the authorities to stop “tormenting” Navalny and provide him with adequate care.
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