: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Misery, tuberculosis in prisons of war-torn east Ukraine


The gray, squat, three-story building stands inside a perimeter lined with barbed wire and observation towers.

The deputy prison director, dressed in a military-style uniform and seated under a black-blue-and-red Donetsk People’s Republic flag, coldly explained the rules:

The only prisoners unwilling to speak were in Block 3 — a group of around 70 who rejected medical treatment in protest who said they are afraid doctors are testing unregistered drugs on them.

Doctors Without Borders says 170 patients under treatment at five pre-detention centers and jails in areas surrounding the conflict zone have developed drug-resistant TB.

Janette Olson, field coordinator of the multidrug-resistant TB …read more

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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