Protesters in Tbilisi demanded medical assistance for Zinovkina and Sander.

Several dozen activists came to the building of the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia in Tbilisi with posters, demanding medical care for political prisoners Anastasia Zinovkina and Nana Sander. Teacher Nino Datashvili, who also sought medical care in prison, joined the protest.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on January 18, a protest demanding the release of female political prisoners took place outside Prison No. 5 in Georgia. Participants demanded medical care for Anastasia Zinovkina and Nana Sander and called for their release. A few days later, protesters announced a new protest in their support for January 27. On January 23, 70 doctors, including Ani Kavtaradze and Giorgi Akhobadze, contacted the penitentiary service regarding the health of Zinovkina and Sander: they stated that the prisoners' health was deteriorating every day and demanded urgent comprehensive medical examination and proper treatment for them.

The solidarity rally with Anastasia Zinovkina and Nana Sander outside the Special Penitentiary Service building, announced last week, was organized by activists from the Women's Movement, a group of doctors and female politicians, and relatives of political prisoners. The organizers emphasize that the state is obligated to protect the lives, health, and dignity of all prisoners, and Zinovkina and Sander have reported humiliating treatment and denial of medical care.

Several dozen people gathered this evening at the departmental building with posters reading: "We will not leave political prisoners alone in pain," "Unlimited solidarity," "We must protect all children from the regime," and others. Protesters are distributing stickers to passersby demanding the release of Zinovkina and Sander, and are also collecting birthday cards in advance for Anastasia. Zinovkina will celebrate her second birthday in prison on February 4, Tbilisi_life reports.

Protesters noted that Zinovkina, a Russian citizen, was transferred to a closed facility "for unclear reasons," where her rights to phone calls and visits are restricted. Sander, in turn, complained of aggressive treatment from prison officials, delays in delivering necessary medications, and denial of treatment.

One of the protesters noted that Anastasia Zinovkina, due to the stricter conditions, is being held in near-total isolation, and her mother, Svetlana Zinovkina, is not allowed into the country to see her daughter. Those interested are leaving messages for Nastya and Nana on flyers, which will be delivered to the girls themselves, RusNews reports.

Some former political prisoners joined the rally in support of Zinovkina and Sander, including TV presenter Nika Katsia, who, like Zinovkina, was charged with drug-related offenses but was acquitted. Another participant in the rally is teacher Nino Datashvili, who spent several months in the same women's prison and sought medical care there, reports Netgazeti. After her release, Datashvili required two spinal surgeries.

Nana Sander wrote in a letter from prison that she had declared a dry hunger strike to protest her mistreatment, but was forced to end it due to a critical deterioration in her health.

“The so-called prosecutors and so-called judges kept me in prison without any evidence, ignoring my health problems and the unbearable pain in prison (...) On January 20, in a so-called trial, I was sentenced to a slow death. In six trials, the prosecutor has not presented a single piece of evidence that would even partially justify the ‘charges’ brought against me and the other ‘defendants’ by the illegitimate pro-Russian government,” Pirveli TV quoted her letter on January 26.