Hunger strike action in prisons is on its 45th day
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- 10:13 10/1
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 45th day.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 45th day.
At the commemoration held at the graves of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez, who were murdered in Paris, women gave the message, "We will continue the struggle of our friends until freedom comes to Kurdistan." In addition, demonstrations and events were organized in many cities of Kurdistan and in Paris, the capital of France, where the massacre took place.
In the report prepared by the Hunger Strike Monitoring and Follow-up Coordination in Wan regarding 12 prisons, it was stated that the prisoners on hunger strike were exposed to many violations and a call was made to meet the demands.
The prosecutor's office, which decided not to prosecute the investigation initiated against journalist Ahmet Kanbal on the allegation of "terrorist organization propaganda" due to his publications in the earthquake region, decided to file a criminal complaint on the allegation of "spreading misleading information to the public"
At the first hearing of the case filed against journalists Deniz Nazlım, Sibel Yükler and Yıldız Tar, it was stated that the police officers who intervened in the statement in the case were suspended during the Ayhan Bora Kaplan investigation.
The lawyers of Asrın Law Firm applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate to meet with their client Abdullah Öcalan, whom they had not heard from for 34 months.
Prisoner Devrim Acar, who is on hunger strike in Diyarbakır Prison, said: "Isolation means silencing, remaining silent means death. Let's raise the voice of life and freedom in the face of death, let's go to victory together."
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 44th day.
There has been no news from Rojnews News Agency editor Süleyman Ahmet for 77 days. The KDP administration continues their silence despite the applications and calls regarding Ahmet, who is held by the security forces on October 25.
Levent Andıç, who lost his life in the conflict in Elkê, was buried in Amed.
Selahattin Demirtaş, who started his defense in the Kobanê Case and completed it in Kurdish, said: "We will meet in free days. Long live the struggle for freedom." Demirtaş also listed 7 suggestions for the solution of the Kurdish issue.
Continuing his defense in the Kobanê Case, Selahattin Demirtaş said: "Whether a person is accepted as a leader by the people is a matter of political criticism and debate. But it cannot be a matter of judgment. Millions of people, not me, declared Öcalan the leader of the people."
The parents of Rozerin Çukur (16), who was murdered by sniper fire on January 8, 2016, during the curfew in Sur, visited their daughter's grave on the anniversary.
Stating that the Imrali isolation is a situation that goes beyond torture, musician Hekîm Sefkan said that the message intended to be given by the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish issue" campaign is "You cannot surrender us, we are standing."
Writers and artists who signed the declaration titled "Let's Be a Voice for Peace" in Amed and Istanbul stated that they defended peace against war and demanded the end of the isolation and the solution of the Kurdish issue.