American student Trevor Reed convicted of assaulting police officersWASHINGTON, Apr 7The parents of Trevor Reid, an American who is serving a prison term in Russia, called for confirmation that their son is alive and to allow them to call again. In a statement released on April 6, they say that they have not heard from their son for five days and express concern deteriorating health of Trevor», who, as previously reported, went on a hunger strike and was placed in a prison hospital. «We are becoming more and more worried that something terrible has happened … We urgently call on the Russian government to provide evidence that he is alive, and allow Trevor to call us again,» the parents wrote. They reported that their son last contacted on April 1, when he was allowed to call his girlfriend. jpg» />Biden met with the parents of an American convicted in Russia ReedOn Monday, the press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service for Mordovia reported that Reed had stopped his hunger strike and was sent «to a medical institution for additional medical examination.» The state of health of the American was assessed by the authorities as satisfactory. According to the defense, Reed refused to eat in protest against «placement of him in the ShIZO, as well as (illegal, in his opinion, actions of the administration) in terms of medicine.» Reed's parents also urged the White House to do everything possible to return him to his homeland and stated that they consider a prisoner exchange with Russia the only way to quickly achieve this. Reed was given nine years in prison for using violence against Moscow police officers who were taking an American to the police station after he had a fight with two women in a state of severe intoxication. The American side calls the accusations trumped up.
