Cancer Behind Bars – The System Kills Again
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Serhiy Sabirov is a life-sentenced prisoner. He has stage-four cancer. The medical unit of his correctional colony lacks a licence for potent painkillers. This means daily, excruciating pain. But the state does not want to release this man so that he can die with dignity.
Prisoners with such an illness can be released on medical grounds. The court of first instance decided against this – on purely formal grounds. The court of appeal overturned this decision and remitted the case for a new hearing. This was back on 15 January. The Kolomyia City District Court has still not scheduled a date for the new hearing. Are the judges waiting for a ‘natural resolution of the problem’? Here are the details.
