Ukrainian Klikh imprisoned in Russia found in psychiatric hospital in Magnitogorsk
Ukrainian political prisoner Stanislav Klikh, sentenced by a Russian court to 20 years in a penal colony on charges of participating in the Chechen war, was found in Magnitogorsk in the regional psychiatric prison hospital, reported Russian human rights activist Tatyana Shchur.
“He was discovered there by Catherine Burian, a lawyer of the Ural Human Rights Group, after Stanislav’s lawyer in Ekaterinburg, Roman Kachanov, reported that he was promised that his client would be sent there immediately after he was with him on June 26,” she wrote on Facebook.
According to the report, Stanislav is feeling better. He says that he did not give permission to be hospitalized, which contradicts the words of prison officials. “If on July 26 he was delirious, his speech was confused, he was imagining things, and it seemed to Roman that he was delusional, Catherine found him more calm and reasonable. But she had the impression that he was under the influence of sedatives. And Stanislav himself said that he was being given ‘some kind of inoculation,’” the report said.
Stanislav asked if he could be moved to a different room, since his was too small. He complained that letters from his mother are quickly taken away, he is hardly allowed to read, and he doesn’t get out to walk much. He also asked for an entire set of children’s adventure books.
The human rights activist added that the Commissioner for Human Rights of Ukraine and a psychiatrist with international credentials should be allowed to see Klikh.
Earlier, Klikh’s mother said that the last time she spoke with him was on June 7. Then Klikh spoke about the state of his health and said he was on a hunger strike.