The Justice Vigil, launched last week in Van by TUHAY-DER to support the hunger strikes going on in prisons to end the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, continues.

Talking to ANF about the vigil, now on its 7th day, peace mothers called on the government to end the isolation and accept the demands of the prisoners on hunger strike.

'All mothers should get together to end isolation'

Peace mother Eyni Atabay said: "We are holding this vigil because our children are on hunger strike and there is a heavy isolation imposed on Mr. Öcalan who has not been allowed to meet with his family and lawyers for years. This isolation is applied to the entire Middle East. That's why we demand that the isolation be lifted and a solution be found.

We lose dozens of people in every hunger strike. Let a solution be found, let isolation be lifted. Let there be no deaths. Our call is that Turkish and Kurdish mothers should get together for peace. Everyone was harmed by this conflict and war. No mother's child should die; no mother should cry. Bad things happened in 40 years, children and young people died. We say; Edi bese! Enough! We want peace, we want justice. We were born on this land, we worked in this territory. We are not foreigners; we own these lands."

Our people should stand by prisoners

Peace mother Yıldız Tuncer said: "We salute the resistance in the prisons. We, the mothers, say that isolation should be lifted. All Kurdish people demand this and we are their voice here. All mothers are here for peace and justice. Kurdish people should not remain silent and should stand by prisoners. This is what we want as mothers."