Hunger strike action in prisons is on its 60th day
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- 12:05 25/1
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 60th day.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 60th day.
14 organizations consisting of rights and law organizations applied to the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) on January 12 for PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is held under absolute isolation conditions in Imralı Type F High Security Closed Prison and has not been heard from for 35 months. The application was also made for Hamili Yıldırım, Veysi Aktaş and Ömer Hayri Konar, who are held in Imralı. In the application, an "urgent visit" was demanded. On January 22, 1,330 lawyers from 35 bar associations applied to the Ministry of Justice, demanding to meet with Abdullah Ocalan.
Delegates who participated in the referendum where the DEM Party's candidates were determined demanded the physical freedom of Abdullah Ocalan.
The situation of not hearing from PKK Leader Abdullah Ocalan, who is prevented from meeting with his family and lawyers, has entered its 35th month.
Families of prisoners who went on hunger strike demanding the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the solution of the Kurdish issue called for their demands to be met.
The situation of Rojnews editor Süleyman Ahmet is unknown. Ahmet is reportedly being held in the unofficial detention center of KDP's intelligence agency Parastin.
The bodies of 41 Yazidis murdered by ISIS were buried in a ceremony held in Shengal.
Iranian President İbrahim Reisi came to Ankara to meet with AKP Chair and President Tayyip Erdoğan.
Sebahat Tuncel said: "Imrali is the epicenter of the AKP's anti-Kurd policy," and emphasized that the understanding of the Kurdish issue in the context of "terrorism" must be overcome. Tuncel said: "There is a need for a new social contract that will recognize the existence of the Kurds."
The trustee appointed as the Mayor of Amed Metropolitan Municipality started to demolish the Fabrika Neighborhood. The neighborhood is blockaded by the police and municipal police.
The bodies of 41 Yazidis murdered by ISIS were brought to Shengal for burial.
Turkish warplanes bombed the countryside of Şêladize district of Duhok.
The fate of Serdar Tanış and Ebubekir Deniz, who disappeared in custody, has not been known for 23 years. Tanış and Deniz's mothers said their longing for their children with the words: "A person dies but has a grave. You touch the soil, you smell it."
Saadet Akın, one of the prisoners on hunger strike, said: “Let's unite around Abdullah Öcalan. Let's put abolishing the isolation and physical freedom of Öcalan at the center of our lives."