Prisoners on Hunger strike gets Medical care in Ivory coast
           
More than 300 detainees at the main prison in the commercial capital Abidjan, many of whom have been held for more than two years, began their hunger strike on 1 December, calling for Ivorian authorities to either start their trials or free them on bail.Reuters reports that
About 150 suspected supporters of Ivory Coast's former president Laurent Gbagbo are receiving medical treatment in prison after starting a hunger strike this month, an official from Gbagbo's political party and a UN document said.
Critics say he has pursued a policy of "victor's justice", jailing opponents since the conflict while ignoring abuses committed by his own supporters.The human rights division of Ivory Coast's UN mission, UNOCI, visited the prisoners on 11 December.
 Michel Gbagbo, the son of the former president and head of his FPI party's prisoner affairs committee, said many were suffering from dehydration and others had seen a worsening of health problems linked to their treatment since their arrests.
Asked about the inmates on Wednesday, government spokesperson Bruno Kone said he was not aware any were suffering from health problems.
"We see the principal political leaders incriminated during the crisis are out on bail, so the question is why not them?" Michel Gbagbo, freed from prison last year, told Reuters