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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Hanna Arhirova

She beat stage 4 cancer. Now this Ukrainian woman is fighting to free her captive husband

"You have no moral right to die."

This stark command, uttered by Olha Kurtmalaieva to herself as she lay in intensive care, became her lifeline. Her body was shutting down after emergency chemotherapy, her cancer having progressed to an incurable Stage 4.

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