Imprisoned Siberian journalist Maria Ponomarenko has been placed in punitive solitary confinement for 25 days for twice being in bed during the daytime, which is considered a violation of penitentiary policy. The RusNews website said on October 5 that in one case, Ponomarenko was in bed because she fainted due to a medical condition. In the second instance, she was unable to follow a guard's order to stand up because she had pain in her back. Ponomarenko was sentenced to six years in prison in February for openly protesting Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Imprisoned Siberian Anti-War Activist, Journalist Placed In Solitary Confinement
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