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Corpse of Inmate Akıcı Sent to Her Hometown

SIXTH DEATH IN PROTESTS OF ISOLATION

Corpse of Inmate Akıcı Sent to Her Hometown

Yonca Akıncı, who has been arrested for four years at the Şakran Women's Closed Prison in İzmir province, has lost her life. She has become the sixth person to end his life in protest of the isolation on PKK's imprisoned leader Öcalan.

Joint Statement From Four Political Organizations: The Isolation Should be Removed

Joint Statement From Four Political Organizations: The Isolation Should be Removed

Co-Chairs of the HDP, HDK, DTK and DBP have made a statement on HDP MP Leyla Güven's 100th day on hunger strike and the 20th anniversary of PKK leader Öcalan's coming to Turkey. They have said that the isolation on Öcalan should be removed.

15 February 2019 Hikmet Adal

ÖHP: 'We Want Resolution, Not Death'

HUNGER STRIKES

ÖHP: 'We Want Resolution, Not Death'

The Platform for Libertarian Lawyers (ÖHP) has announced its report regarding the hunger strikes in prisons. The report stated that a hunger strike is not a way of suicide but protesting and that the inmates' rights to health and life are violated.

5 February 2019 Hikmet Adal

Letter From Activist Angela Davis for HDP MP Güven on Hunger Strike

Letter From Activist Angela Davis for HDP MP Güven on Hunger Strike

Angela Davis, a rights defender and academic from the US, has given her support to HDP MP Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 70 days. She has said that Güven should be released as other elected MPs in an open letter published on the New York Times.

17 January 2019

Conference in Diyarbakır Calls for Democratic Unity Against Fascism and Colonialism

Conference in Diyarbakır Calls for Democratic Unity Against Fascism and Colonialism

With particular focus on lifting the isolation on jailed Öcalan, the two day conference in Diyarbakır upholds his Democratic Nation paradigm and calls for establishing a democratic front against fascism in Turkey and urges for Kurdish national unity against colonialism.

29 October 2018