Another BDP deputy joined hunger strike
Another BDP deputy joined hunger strike
Jailed BDP Mardin MP Gulser Yýldýrým has announced she has joined the hunger strike carried out by hundreds of political prisoners in Turkish jails.
Yýldýrým is in Mardin E Type Closed Prison.
Today is the 43rd day of the hunger strikes carried out by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Freedom of Woman Party (PAJK) prisoners.
Together with Yildirim, another deputy, Faysal Sariyildiz, who is in Diyarbakir D Type Closed Prison, joined the hunger strike on 15 October.
The demands of the hunger strikers are, first of all, to arrange conditions of health-security and freedom for Mr Abdullah Ocalan, Leader of Kurdish People held in total isolation for 13 years, and who has not meet with his lawyers since 27 July 2011. For Mr Abdullah Ocalan is the only person who can carry out an enduring peace to the Kurdish conflict, the AKP Goverment must end the illegitimate isolation against him and start renegotiations and a peace talks process with Mr Ocalan as soon as possible.
Secondly, the prisoners demand the recognition of Kurdish as a language to be used in education as well as in the public sphere. Thirdly and in conjuction with the second demand, they have underlined that they will speak Kurdish in courts and the judges must accept their defence in Kurdish.
Yýldýrým is in Mardin E Type Closed Prison.
Today is the 43rd day of the hunger strikes carried out by Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Freedom of Woman Party (PAJK) prisoners.
Together with Yildirim, another deputy, Faysal Sariyildiz, who is in Diyarbakir D Type Closed Prison, joined the hunger strike on 15 October.
The demands of the hunger strikers are, first of all, to arrange conditions of health-security and freedom for Mr Abdullah Ocalan, Leader of Kurdish People held in total isolation for 13 years, and who has not meet with his lawyers since 27 July 2011. For Mr Abdullah Ocalan is the only person who can carry out an enduring peace to the Kurdish conflict, the AKP Goverment must end the illegitimate isolation against him and start renegotiations and a peace talks process with Mr Ocalan as soon as possible.
Secondly, the prisoners demand the recognition of Kurdish as a language to be used in education as well as in the public sphere. Thirdly and in conjuction with the second demand, they have underlined that they will speak Kurdish in courts and the judges must accept their defence in Kurdish.
