Hunger strike action in prisons is on its 61st day
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- 11:42 26/1/2024
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 61st day.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 61st day.
9 years have passed since the historical resistance against the darkness of ISIS in Kobanê. Sara Xelîl from the Euphrates Canton Women's Council pointed out that the city was liberated with the spirit of unity.
Artist Ferhat Tunç, one of the signatories of the "Let's Be a Voice for Peace" declaration, emphasized that concerns about Abdullah Ocalan must be resolved and said: "Artists must not be parties or spectators of the oppression."
DEM Party Deputy Onur Düşünmez said: "If the state is going to take a step towards peace, the road goes through İmralı."
Mehdi Zana Akkaya from ÖHD, one of the lawyers who applied for a meeting with the Ministry of Justice regarding Imralı, stated that the democratic solution to the Kurdish issue is through meeting with Abdullah Öcalan.
Stating that they demanded the CPT to visit PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan, İbrahim Bilmez, one of the lawyers of Asrın Law Firm, shared that CPT officials put Imralı on their agenda after the "condemnation" letters sent by the prisoners.
Speaking at TJA's "Women's Freedom" panel, DEM Party Deputy Newroz Uysal said: "Peace will not come to this country as long as Mr. Ocalan is held in isolation in İmralı. The purpose of our struggle is the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan."
Prisoners held in Erzurum Dumlu Prison stated that the letters they wrote to CPT and PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan on Imralı Island were confiscated.
While the hunger strike started by prisoners to ensure the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan spread, politicians demanded that the negotiation table established with Ocalan in Imralı be reestablished.
HPG's statement on ANF said, "Our forces, advancing with 2 vehicles, fell into the ambush of KDP forces. 2 of our friends were injured."
In Kobanê, which was liberated after 134 days of heroical resistance against ISIS, the people have been against Turkey's attacks for 9 years; On the one hand, they are defending themselves, and on the other hand, they are building a new life under the umbrella of the Northern and Eastern Syrian Autonomous Administration with the "Third Way" strategy.
The death sentence of Kurd politician Yusuf Ahmedi, who was sentenced to death, was approved by the Supreme Court of Iran.
In the report accepted by the European Council, it was emphasized that ill-treatment in prisons in Turkey has increased. The report pointed out the ECHR's decision on Abdullah Ocalan and asked the EC to closely monitor these files “against the possible risk of ill-treatment."
ESP and SGDF members, who started a 3-day hunger strike in Kadıköy, emphasized that the address of the democratic solution to the Kurdish issue is Imralı.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 60th day.