The hunger strikes in prisons across Turkey demanding an end to systematic rights violations continue. 168 prisoners in 18 prisons are joining the hunger strike which has entered day 52 in Şakran Prison in İzmir province.

Kongreya Jinên Azad (KJA, Free Women's Congress) Spokeswoman and former MP Ayla Akat Ata who is jailed since October 2016 is on the 4th day of her 5-day hunger strike she launched in solidarity with the participants of the hunger strike who have entered a critical stage.

Ata called for sensitivity to the demands of the prisoners in order for severe rights violations to end and prison conditions be improved.