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March 31, 2026, 7:14 p.m.
In Russian captivity, Irina Danilovich is being deliberately brought to death
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Iryna Danylovych. PHOTO: crimean-process.org
The sister of the convicted Crimean activist and journalist Irina Danilovich told about the terrible conditions in which she is being held in a Russian colony. According to her, the employees of the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation "are deliberately bringing the activist to death".
This was reported by Irina's sister, Olga Novitskaya.
According to Novitskaya, Danilovich's medical record states that she should not be in conditions of high noise. However, despite this, some of the colony's employees on duty turn on music at extremely high volume from morning to evening. According to her sister, Iryna can't stand it - the music causes her severe pain and "tears her brain apart."
Novitskaya added that she had contacted the Stavropol Krai Federal Penitentiary Service, but the reaction varied: some officers on duty turned off the music speaker, while others denied that the music was playing or simply ignored the calls.
Earlier, Iryna Danilovych herself reported that prisoners were subjected to so-called "traceless" torture - bright lights and extremely loud music. After these statements, an inspection was conducted in the colony, but no violations were found, the sister said.
Irina Danilovich worked as a nurse, was a journalist, covered the problems of the health care system in Crimea and disseminated information about the war in Ukraine. Before the full-scale invasion, she collaborated with several media and human rights initiatives (InZhyr Media, Crimean Process) and ran her own project, Crimean Medicine Without a Cover, where she disseminated information about the rights of healthcare workers.
The occupiers detained Iryna Danylovych on April 29, 2022, on the way from Koktebel to Feodosia, when she was on her way home from work. The Russian occupiers charged Danilovich with working "with explosives".
On December 28, 2022, the occupation court of Feodosia sentenced Danilovich to seven years in prison on charges of illegal possession and manufacture of explosives. Danilovich pleaded not guilty.
In March 2023, it became known that Iryna Danilovych lost consciousness during transportation to the occupation Feodosia City Court. Despite the fact that her health condition was rapidly deteriorating, the Simferopol Detention Center issued documents stating that there were no medical obstacles to her transfer. After that, she went on a hunger strike.
On April 6, the journalist stopped her hunger strike in response to a promise to take her from the Simferopol Detention Center to a clinic for examination and treatment in the coming days. On June 29, the occupying Supreme Court of Crimea changed the sentence of civilian journalist and activist Irina Danilovich, who was previously sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of possession of an explosive device. According to the ruling of the appellate court, the sentence was reduced by one month.
In November last year, it was reported that Danilovich was being held in unsanitary conditions and was not receiving proper treatment.
