UN experts call for evacuating Russian activist Navalny over heath concerns ANI | Updated: Apr 21, 2021 22:49 IST
Geneva [Switzerland], April 21 (ANI): A group of UNhuman rights experts on Wednesday expressed alarm at the deteriorating health situation of detained Russian government critic Alexei Navalny, and called for his urgent medical evacuation from Russia, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has said. We believe Mr Navalny s life is in serious danger, said the independent experts appointed by the Human Rights Council.
Navalny has been incarcerated under harsh conditions in a high-security penal colony and denied access to adequate medical care, OHCHR said in a release. Despite having recently been transferred to a hospital, doctors of his own choosing have not been allowed to visit him.
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