Hunger strike in prisons enters day 238
The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 238th day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 217 and day 200 in Greece.
The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 238th day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 217 and day 200 in Greece.
An indefinite and alternate hunger strike was launched by PKK and PJAK prisoners in Turkey on 27 November demanding the end of the continued isolation of Abdullah Öcalan who has been held in Imralı Prison Island for 21 years, and ever-increasing rights violations in prisons. The protest continues on its 238th day. A solidarity hunger strike was launched in Maxmur refugee camp and it is now on day 217. The solidarity hunger strike in Greece has reached day 200.
Hunger strike in Maxmur on day 217
On 18 December, a solidarity hunger strike was launched by women in Maxmur Camp in South Kurdistan. The hunger strike is being carried out in Maxmur Martyrs' Families Association and it's on its 217th day.
200 days of hunger strike in Greece
An indefinite-alternating hunger strike was launched in Lavrio Camp, in Greece, to protest the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and in support of the prisoners in Turkey. The hunger strike in the camp, on day 200, is led by the Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ-Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger), the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (Tevgera Jinên Kurdistan a Ewropa) and Navenda Çanda Kurdistan (Kurdish Cultural Center).