DİYARBAKIR- Şenay Hayme, a prisoner taking care of the prisoners on hunger strike in Diyarbakır Type E Prison, stating that they are experiencing serious health problems, said: "The hunger strikers were wasting away before my eyes"
23 year old Şenay Hayme who got arrested this january with the accusation of 'being a member of an illegal organization' was released on April 24, and told about her experience with the hunger strikers.
Hayme who was in the same ward with Journalist Kibriye Evren, Hilal Ölmez and Evin Kaya who are on hunger strike for 140 days demanding the termination of the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, said on March 1 10 more prisoners started an indefinite non rotating hunger strike and she took care of them too. Hayme who pointed out that Evren, Ölmez and Kaya were wasting away right before her eyes, said: "They were doing very bad when I was released. They had already passed the critical threshold. Time is ticking against them. Those who started the hunger strike on December 16 can barely walk. They can not make it to the visitation room. We carried them and brought them to their families. They also had difficulty in seeing. They are dizzy all the time and have cramps. "
Hayme who said the day starts at 07.30 in the prison, said they were trying to prepare the right amount of vitamins in their ward. Hayme who stated that they were very careful about hygiene with the prisoners, said: "We gave them warm yoghurt at night, we gave them tea. We melted chocolates for them, we gave them sodium bicarbonate. Sometimes they brought newspapers. We read them books. We told them about the agenda."
Hayme who emphasized that the canteen prices are reaaly high, said: "If our families deposit money, we bought vitamins, but that was not enough. The vitamins in the canteen was to expensive."
Hayme who stated that they heard the voices of the people doing demonstrations outside the prison, said: "We heard the voices of the demonstrations, they were making so much noise to make us hear. We applaused, chanted slogans out the window so they can hear us too. Those demonstrations lifted their spirit. They told me 'We will keep resisting. We will have victory. Some of us may fall, but we will win at the end. We have faith in it'. People should not remain unresponsive. They should raise their voices."