▲ Dimitris Koupodinas
In Greece, a prisoner who was sentenced to life in prison for murder and served in prison fought a whopping 66 days to fulfill his demands.
According to AP Reuters and local media on the 15th (local time), Dimitris Koupodinas, 63, who was imprisoned in Domokos Prison in Lamia City in central Greece, has fasted since January 8th asking for a prison transfer.
A few days ago, he suffered from renal failure due to fasting and was hospitalized in an emergency. He continued fasting for several more days afterward, and stopped fasting that day when his life was at risk.
As a key member of the extreme left terrorist organization’November 17′, he was sentenced to life in prison in 2003 and was sentenced to life in prison in 2003 by murdering 11 diplomats including the United States, Britain, and Turkey, and the reason for his fasting is a quiet prison where you can read books and listen to the radio. I was asked to move.
The prison in the center of Athens, Greece, where I was incarcerated in the past, used the cell alone, but now several people share one room and it is too noisy.
He was relatively free from a loosely-guarded prison when the left-wing regime came to power, but in December of last year, after the right-wing regime took office, he moved to the current prison, where guards and rules are strict.
His lawyers argued that not moving prisons is a violation of human rights, and insisting that the regime is mercilessly breaking the law and the constitution, targeting Prime Minister Michotakis.
In September 1989, Koupodinas murdered Prime Minister Michotakis’ relative and politician Pablos Bacoianis, a private retaliation for this.
Prisoners’ rights advocates continue to protest against Koupodinas during his fasting period and continue mass protests, causing violence in the process of confrontation with the government.
The Greek government has now rejected his request for a transfer, and a final decision will be made in court on April 2nd.
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