Start of my hunger strike
On 05.05.2025 at 06:25, I began a hunger strike in protest after, for weeks, deliberate concerted action by various justice bodies — specifically the prison, the court registry official, Presiding Regional Court Judge Groß, the Senate Department for Justice and the Federal Court of Justice — had denied me the constitutionally and legally guaranteed opportunity to submit my supplements to the grounds of appeal on points of lawThe grounds for the appeal on points of law (Revision) against the judgment of 22.07.2024, submitted by court-appointed defence counsel on 28.11.2024. in the prescribed form and within the time limit.
Despite repeated and clearly specified applications — including for access to the case file and clarification of the whereabouts of my defence counsel — all bodies responded with complete silence. This continuing official inaction and institutional obstruction seriously violate my right to be heard under Art. 103 Abs. 1 GG and constitute a flagrant breach of the minimum rule-of-law guarantees of a fair trial.
(Annex: letter sent by email to Federal President Steinmeier)
Commentary — assessment by Dmitry Bagrash
The hunger strike was directed not against the conditions of detention but exclusively against obstruction of access to legal remedies. This is the distinction that matters: a prisoner who eats is not taken to the registry official; a prisoner who does not eat is. Precisely this mechanism was later held against me as a negative personality trait.
Document source
Note: No separate document relating to the email to Federal President Steinmeier mentioned here can be found in the Drive index for this event; the reference rests on the complainant’s own account.