Tina Zmaeff, meanwhile, remains on her fast at Matsqui prison after being returned there Thursday from Vancouver General Hospital where she accepted intravenous treatment for one day. Zmaeff, 63, continues to refuse all treatment, corrections official Dianne Brown said.

Two Freedomite Doukhobor women, whose conditions continue to worsen from a lengthy hunger strike, were denied parole Friday because "of the risk to the community."

And for the second time this week, one of the women was transferred to hospital after becoming dangerously dehydrated, a corrections spokesman said.

Mary Braun, 67, accepted intravenous treatment on the 67th day of her hunger strike at Mission hospital, where she was taken by ambulance Friday afternoon.

Tina Zmaeff, meanwhile, remains on her fast at Matsqui prison after being returned there Thursday from Vancouver General Hospital where she accepted intravenous treatment for one day. Zmaeff, 63, continues to refuse all treatment, corrections official Dianne Brown said.

Brown said both women were informed of the parole denial early Friday afternoon and showed little reaction. They have been fasting for their freedom because they feel the arson they are in jail for is part of their Doukhobor faith and not a crime.