JAILED member of Greece’s Revolutionary November 17 (N17) organisation Dimitris Koufodinas is said to be weakened by the effects of a hunger strike in protest at his transfer to a high-security prison.

According to supporters, he is struggling to stand up, suffering excess acid and dramatic weight loss, having stopped taking food on January 8.

In a statement on Saturday Mr Koufodinas said that he was moved in December as “an act of revenge” by the conservative New Democracy government, after Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed to keep him behind bars.