More than 600 in hunger strike from 117 prisons

  • actual
  • 13:36 12 December 2018
  • |
img
DİYARBAKIR- The indefinite -rotating hunger strike 600 prisoners in 117 prisons have started is in its 16th day. Attorney Bünyamin Şeker stated that the 6 prisoners in Elazığ who are in their 40th day of hunger strike are in critical condition.
 
 The indefinite -rotating  hunger strike prisoners started to protest the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan on November 27 continues in its 16th day.While the indefininte- non-rotating hunger strike 6 women prisoners started in Elazığ Women's Prison is in its 40th day, DTK Co-chair and HDP Hakkari parliamentarian Leyla Güven's indefinite -non-rotating hunger strike is in its 35th day. As of now, there are more than 600 prisoners in 117 prisons in hunger strike despite all efforts to stop it.
 
Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) administator Attorney Bünyamin Şeker spoke to Mezopotamya Agency and said politics and solution is now stuck in Turkey and no solutuions are develpoed, the indefinite -rotating hunger strikes will evolve to a higher level. Attorney Şeker who underlined that the 6 women prisoners in Elazığ are in critical condition, added: "We have learned that the hunger strikers are not given the vitamins they need to survive. We saw the 6 women prisoners in Elazığ Prison and saw that they had low blood pressure and lost a lot of weight.
 
Attorney Şeker underlining that they not only can't access the medicine and other things the hunger strikers need but also can't find an authority to respond them. Attorney Şeker added that the prisoner in hunger strike are being kept in isolation.
 

View More Articles

12:43 Male violence in Kütahya and Istanbul
12:36 OHD applies two ministries: Practices violate right to health must end
12:19 New application to meet to Abdullah Ocalan from lawyers
12:12 Election mission canceled due to victory sign
11:32 Items they buy the canteen confiscated
11:27 No news from Journalist Ahmet for 156 days
11:03 Hunger strike in prisons on its 123rd day
10:56 Relatives of prisoners call for solidarity against lawlessness
10:37 Provocative attacks Ahlat Type T prison
27/03/2024
17:35 She feel unwell in prison and taken to hospital
17:19 10 kolbers were injured in border attacks
13:42 Military operation and blockade in Hezro countryside
13:37 No news from Journalist Ahmet for 155 days
13:35 Hunger strike in prisons on its 122nd day
13:33 ISIS wants to return to pre-2015 position
13:13 Local government in Northern and Eastern Syria
26/03/2024
13:30 Arbitrary disciplinary penalties at Kavak S-Type
12:16 New application to meet to Abdullah Ocalan from lawyers
12:14 No news from Journalist Ahmet for 154 days
12:12 Hunger strike in prisons its 5th month
10:23 Journalist Drewş: KDP is acting as a guard for Turkey
25/03/2024
15:42 Ban on Mount Gabar extended for the 7th time
15:41 75 years Yıldız deteriorate in prison
15:40 Kaval, who beaten in detention, releases
15:09 'Preparation for genocide against Kurds in the shadow of March elections'
14:03 Asrın Law Firm: Imralı Island is kept behind a veil of myster
12:27 Yıldız's son, who was taken to prison on a stretcher: She cannot stay in prison
12:00 No news from Journalist Ahmet for 153 days
11:59 Hunger strike in prisons on its 120th day
10:35 The new issue of Xwebûn is out: Agirê Newrozê li ezman jî vêket
10:34 Police violence in Colemêrg
23/03/2024
11:59 Lawsuit filed against 4 prisoners due to prison news in press
11:19 Hunger strike in prisons on its 118th day
11:18 No news from Journalist Ahmet for 151 days
10:28 Call for unity from Şirnex people against possible attacks
10:14 Family worries about life of 80-year-old ill prisoner
10:09 Drought grows: Solution in ecological agriculture
09:51 ISIS claims responsibility for Moscow attack
22/03/2024
22:20 2 young people arrests in Mêrdîn: Backhandcuff torture at the door of the judgeship and prosecutor's office
21:50 Armed attack on concert hall in Moscow: 14 dead
21:24 Women's film from DEM Party Women's Assembly
21:23 Hatimoğulları visits Senyaşar family in front of Ministry of Justice
21:22 ISIS murdered 2 people
20:53 4 ESP members arrests in Izmir
20:53 Newroz celebrations from Kobanê to Lebanon
14:11 Detained during Newroz releases
14:10 Journalist Ahmet missing for 150 days
12:32 Rising demands from Newroz area
12:03 Hunger strike demand 'freedom for Ocalan' on its 117th day
12:00 Enthusiasm of ‘Good News’ echoed in Amed Newroz