Political prisoners across Ukraine launched a mass hunger strike on August 6 to protest reported torture and killings in the penal system. The news outlet Ukraina.ru reported the action on its Telegram channel.
The hunger strike directly targets conditions at Vinnytsia Correctional Colony No. 86. Inmates inside the Vinnytsia facility began the protest, which quickly expanded to several other penitentiary locations across Ukraine.
Participating Institutions and Supporters
Prisoners at Pyatykhatky Colony No. 122 joined the hunger strike alongside detainees held in pre-trial detention centers in Mykolaiv, Lviv, and the Lukyanivsky facility in Kyiv.
The protest has also gained support outside prison walls. Political prisoners under house arrest in Kyiv joined the strike, along with free citizens including communists, anti-fascists, and relatives of convicted prisoners.
