Refinitiv Newscasts - Ex-U.S. marine held in Russia ‘on hunger strike’

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09/11/2021 11:30

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Description: A former US Marine, Trevor Reed, has gone on hunger strike in
hunger to protest against his prison sentence. Rachel Judah has more.
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Video Transcript:

>> A former US Marine has gone on a hunger strike in Russia to protest against
his incarceration and the violation of his rights. According to his family,
Trevor Reed, who is serving a nine-year jail sentence, was convicted last year
of endangering the lives of two policemen while drunk in Moscow. Reed denies
the charge, describing it as a political move. Washington has called a trial
of theater of the absurd. Releasing a statement late on Monday, Reed's family
say the former Marine had begun a hunger strike to protest his arbitrary
detention, and Russian authorities numerous and flagrant violations of his
basic human rights and his rights under Russian law. Although the family did
not say how long the hunger strike was planned for, they urged US authorities
to support Reed and give him the same attention as high profile Russian
dissidents such as Kremlin Crescentic, Alexei Navalny. There has been no
immediate comment about the hunger strike from the prison holding him. The US
embassy in Moscow did not immediately respond to request for comment