RT: In Iraq, 40 Russian prisoners of a women's prison went on a mass hunger strike

According to an RT source in the institution, among them are also citizens of Ukraine, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Syria, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan.

We are talking about the wives of members of the IG * banned in Russia, who were sentenced to terms up to life for aiding terrorism and illegally crossing the border.

"We demand that our cases be reconsidered in court, that the innocent be released and that we be repatriated to our states. We were unjustly convicted of terrorism, we did not take any part in hostilities. For example, the trial in my case took ten minutes, the translator I was required by law could not connect two words in Russian, "one of the prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment told RT.

The Russian Embassy confirmed to RT information about a hunger strike in prison. In early May, diplomats are going to visit prisoners.

* "Islamic State" (IG) - the organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 29.12.2014.