No World Cup as usual as Oleg Sentsov lays his life on the line, demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners

Thursday, May 17, 2018 - 1:43 (EET) Section: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group (Ukraine)

Ukrainian filmmaker and Kremlin hostage Oleg Sentsov has declared an indefinite hunger strike with his sole demand being the release of all the Ukrainian political prisoners held by Russia. It seems he has been planning this move for the last month and a half and he told his lawyer: “If I die before or during the World Cup, there will be publicity that can help other political prisoners”. …read more

Source: Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group