Protest of prisoners continues on its 17th day
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- 12:52 13/12/2023
The rotating hunger strike initiated by the prisoners demanding "freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" continues on its 17th day.
The rotating hunger strike initiated by the prisoners demanding "freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" continues on its 17th day.
Families taking part in the Justice sit-in, which was held to support the hunger strikes initiated to demand the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, called for "unity against isolation".
Esmer Tunç, the mother of Cizîr People's Council CoChair Mehmet Tunç, who is remembered with his words "We will not kneel" during the curfew, said: "Neither his mother nor his family nor his people kneeled."
Lebanese lawyer Manal Majed, who made contacts in Turkey to obtain information about the situation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who is in isolation, stated that "Öcalan's ideas and philosophy are a guide for all peoples."
Mazlum İçli, who took part in the hunger strike in prisons, stated that the second group took over the hunger strike and said: "Protect our strong and heroic resistance."
DEM Party Parliamentary Group called an emergency meeting of the Convict and Prisoner Rights Investigation Sub-Commission of the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission to visit PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
3 people were detained in raids on some houses in Farqîn district.
Asrın Law Firm once again applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and İmralı Prison Directorate to meet with their client, PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, whom they had not heard from for 33 months.
One person was detained during house raids in Gever district.
DBP District CoChair Remziye Bayhan, whose house was raided in Nisêbîn, was detained.
The rotating hunger strike initiated by the prisoners demanding "freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" continues on its 16th day.
Stating that the Kurdish issue should be resolved, İHD Colemêrg Branch CoChair Sibel Çapraz said:" The independent delegations should be sent to İmralı Island."
The justification for the 7 years and 6 months prison sentence given to TJA activist Ayşe Ekinci included the confiscated books, the speech she gave on Newroz and a news article about her.
The families of the prisoners who started a hunger strike for the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan said: "Today it may be early, tomorrow it may be too late" and asked all segments to embrace their demands.
Dilek Baykan, who moved from Ankara to Amed for her captive daughter and joined the Justice sit-in, demanded justice and freedom for all prisoners.