Dzhemilev told how he dreamed about food in a Soviet prison
The first days after filing a hunger strike, the prisoner is with fellow inmates, who often riot, fearing the death of the “political”, who is soon transferred to “solitary”, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
The ex-head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis and Ukrainian people's deputy Mustafa Dzhemilev, who during Soviet times spent 15 years in prison and went on hunger strike for 303 days, stated this, citing his own experience, in an interview with the Kiev publication Ukrainskaya Pravda.
According to him, around the 7th or 10th day of the hunger strike, as a rule, there is already a peculiar “cadaverous” odor from the mouth. In this case, they may begin to force-feed and give injections.
“I think Sentsov really agreed to force-feeding, and that’s right. Because if he had not agreed, one could already count the days until his death,” he said, clarifying that even if without his consent, then “that’s also good.”
Organs gradually fail, constant weakness, dizziness, says Dzhemilev.
“When you fall asleep, you still dream about food,” and the guards constantly scare you: “You will soon die,” he notes.
On the 40th day, Dzhemilev was taken to a psychiatrist. He believes that publicizing the hunger strike will help the prisoner avoid being declared “sick.”
Breaking a hunger strike is no less dangerous on the 30th and 303rd days of not eating. Dzhemilev, for example, was “kept” in an Omsk hospital for two months. Due to his huge appetite, he remembered, you can overeat and “you will have a volvulus,” solid food is also harmful.
Dzhemilev described how he dreamed about food in a Soviet prison.