February 20, 2015

Savchenko’s health worsens

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KHARKIV – The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (KHPG) reported on February 24 that, “After 73 days on a hunger strike, Nadiya Savchenko is experiencing kidney and gall bladder problems. That, at least, is the report from a human rights activist who visited her on Monday. In the absence of a medical examination, as she has requested, by an international team of doctors, Valery Borshchov’s assessment cannot be verified, but should clearly be taken seriously. …According to her sister Vera Savchenko… [Nadiya] has lost over 26 percent of her weight… According to [human rights activist Zoya] Svetova, it is now 13 days since Savchenko accepted glucose-enriched water making the risk to her health, and her life, grave.” Lt. Savchenko, a Ukrainian air force pilot was elected to Ukraine’s Parliament in October 2014. (Ukrainian Canadian Congress)

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