Jailed Russian anti-war activist and journalist Maria Ponomarenko has started a hunger strike to protest a new charge laid against her and a prison report saying she was reprimanded seven times for violating penitentiary rules. The RusNews Telegram channel, for which Ponomarenko worked before her arrest in 2022, said Ponomarenko announced her hunger strike after she had a nervous breakdown in a courtroom on September 16 during her trial on an additional charge of attacking two prison guards, which she denies. Ponomarenko was sentenced to six years in prison in February 2023 for protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Jailed Russian Anti-War Journalist Starts Hunger Strike
Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko (file photo)