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Existencewithoutlife
AndreiSannikov
Onethingthathastoberememberedabout
politicalprisonersisthattheirfatedirectlyand
proportionallydependsonsupportinsideacountry,
internationalattention,solidarityandaction.For
politicalprisoners,itisextremelyimportant
toknowthattheyarenotforgottenandthattheir
sacrificeisbeingrecognised,bothintheircountries
andaroundtheworld.
OnDecember8th1986at23:50,inthehospital
ofawatchfactoryinthetownofChistopol,Tatar
AutonomousSovietSocialistRepublic,Anatoly
Marchenko,aSovietprisonerofconscience,diedatthe
ageof48.Hewastransferredtothishospitalfromprison
afterhishealthdeteriorateddramaticallyasaresult
ofahungerstrikethathedeclaredinAugustofthesame
yearandcontinuedforseveralmonths.Hewroteinhis
letter,whichwaspublished12yearsafterhisdeath:
“SinceAugust4thIhavebeenonahungerstrike,
demandingastoptothetortureofpoliticalprisoners
intheSovietUnionandtheirrelease.”Hewasburied
unnamedundernumber646.
FivedaysafterMarchenko’stragicdeath,Mikhail
Gorbachev,theSecretaryGeneraloftheCommunist
