‘They Simply Killed Him’ – Vitaliy Matukhno, a Cancer Patient, Has Died in a Prison Hospital
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‘Vitaliy was killed knowingly and intentionally, because to them a human being is mere rubbish,’ says human rights defender Andriy Didenko, telling the story of a life-sentenced prisoner who should have been released on medical grounds but was left to die behind bars.
Vitaliy Matukhno, a life-sentenced prisoner suffering from stage-four cancer of the root of the tongue, went through two circles of judicial hell and, by a decision of the Lviv Court of Appeal dated 30 January 2023, was condemned to a slow, agonising death. In the name of Ukraine. On 3 February, Vitaliy Matukhno died in a prison hospital.
At a time when the enemy kills Ukrainians on the battlefield every day, destroys cities, ruins architectural monuments, and takes children into captivity, at this very moment inside the country, an enemy called corrupt mutual cover-up systematically, purposefully, and methodically – and above all, with impunity! – kills our citizens.
