ADANA- Zeynep Taşgir, a prisoner who joined the hunger strike on March 1 in Gebze Women's Closed Prison, calling on to the society and said: "Our people should raise their voices in every area. They should resist before people start dying."

 

 

The hunger strike initiated by Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair and People's Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari Deputy Leyla Güven to protest the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 117th day. Güven is continuing the hunger strike she started in prison from her home since her release on January 25. The hunger strike 331 political prisoners started after Leyla Güven is on its 79th day. On march 1, all PKK and PJAK prisoners in all prisons joined the hunger strike. Zeynep Taşgir from Gebze Women's Closed Prison is one of them. Taşgir drew attention to her friends' situation and called on to the society for solidarity.

 

Taşgir who spoke on the phone with her family, said the health conditions of the hunger strikers is detoriorating. Taşgir said: "Our friends have headaches, nausea, have difficulty in fluid intake. We have a lot of pressure over us. They confiscated our radios. We can not follow the news."

 

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28 Şubat’ta haftalık telefon görüşmesinde arkadaşlarının durumunu ailesi aracığıyla aktaran Taşgir, direnişte olan tutukluların durumlarının ciddiyetini koruduğunu ve sesten, ışıktan rahatsız olup, su içmekte zorluk çektiklerini söyledi. Taşgir, “Arkadaşlarımızda baş ağrısı, mide bulantısı gibi sağlık sorunlarıyla karşı karşıyadır. Şuan için durumları kötü. Üzerimizde yoğun baskılar var. Cezaevi idaresi radyolarımıza el koymuş durumda ve haber takip edemiyoruz” dedi. 

 

Taşgir called on to the public and said: "If we got scared and take a step back, this isolation continues as well as this darkness and we will keep being slaves. We have to react any way we can, everywhere we can.  People should do whatever they can before coffins start coming out of the prisons."