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Inmates of Greece’s only prison hospital announced on Monday that they were on hunger strike and had refused medication to protest against severe overcrowding leading to the spread of disease.
Korydallos prison hospital is designed to hold 60 men but currently houses more than 200, most of whom are HIV positive.
Others have cancer, kidney failure and heart problems and are held in close quarters with those suffering from communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, hepatitis and scabies.
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
