03:53A group of protesters from the Russian diaspora in the United States gathered outside the Russian embassy in Washington DC to protest in solidarity with jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
"He has been on hunger strike for many weeks and he is very weak. His blood tests are very troubling, according to physicians who saw the results. And the doctor who analysed the test said that he can die, his heart can stop any minute, he can die at any time," the rally organiser Dimitri Valuev warned.
Last February, a court replaced Navalny's suspended sentence in an embezzlement case with a prison term for violating probation terms. Navalny said the trial was politically motivated. On March 31, Navalny began a hunger strike protesting the lack of treatment and demanding to be visited by doctors from outside the prison due to debilitating back and feet pain.
USA: Russian diaspora hold pro-Navalny protest in Washington DC
A group of protesters from the Russian diaspora in the United States gathered outside the Russian embassy in Washington DC to protest in solidarity with jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
"He has been on hunger strike for many weeks and he is very weak. His blood tests are very troubling, according to physicians who saw the results. And the doctor who analysed the test said that he can die, his heart can stop any minute, he can die at any time," the rally organiser Dimitri Valuev warned.
Last February, a court replaced Navalny's suspended sentence in an embezzlement case with a prison term for violating probation terms. Navalny said the trial was politically motivated. On March 31, Navalny began a hunger strike protesting the lack of treatment and demanding to be visited by doctors from outside the prison due to debilitating back and feet pain.
A group of protesters from the Russian diaspora in the United States gathered outside the Russian embassy in Washington DC to protest in solidarity with jailed Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny.
"He has been on hunger strike for many weeks and he is very weak. His blood tests are very troubling, according to physicians who saw the results. And the doctor who analysed the test said that he can die, his heart can stop any minute, he can die at any time," the rally organiser Dimitri Valuev warned.
Last February, a court replaced Navalny's suspended sentence in an embezzlement case with a prison term for violating probation terms. Navalny said the trial was politically motivated. On March 31, Navalny began a hunger strike protesting the lack of treatment and demanding to be visited by doctors from outside the prison due to debilitating back and feet pain.