Over 250 prisoners on hunger strike in 59 prisons

As imprisoned HDP MP Leyla Guven’s hunger strike continues on day 75 to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan, there are over 250 prisoners in 59 prisons on the 37th day of their hunger strike.

Leyla Guven started her indefinite and non-alternate hunger strike on November 8. As the hunger strike continues on day 75, the hunger strike other prisoners launched has reached day 37.

According to an article by the Mesopotamia Agency, there are at least 250 prisoners on hunger strikes with the same demand. There are also indefinite and non-alternate hunger strikes in place in Hewler in the Federal Kurdistan Region, Strasbourg in France and Newport, Wales in the UK.

Lawyer Gulsen Ozbek was unable to meet with Leyla Guven when she visited the Diyarbakir Type E Closed Prison on Sunday evening.

Gulsen spoke to Guven’s wardmates and said Guven is not well. She said: “The Ministry of Health ordered more checkups for her, but Leyla Guven is refusing to be examined.”

The 59 prisons where the hunger strikes continue are:

Diyarbakır Type E Closed Prison

Gebze Women's Closed Prison

Kandira Type F Closed Prison No.1

Patnos Type L Closed Prison

Elazığ High Security Closed Prison No.1

Elazığ High Security Closed Prison No.2

Diyarbakır Type D Closed Prison

Van High Security Prison

Diyarbakır Type E Closed Prison

Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison

Tekirdağ Type F Prison No.2

Kandıra Type F Closed Prison No.2

Edirne Type F Closed Prison

Burhaniye Type T Closed Prison

Ödemiş Type T Closed Prison

Silivri Prison No.9

Silivri Prison No.5

Tekirdağ Type F Prison No.2

Tekirdağ Type F Prison No.1

İzmir Şakran Type T Closed Prison No.2

Şakran Women's Closed Prison

Sincan Women's Closed Prison

Kırıkkale Type F Closed Prison

Düzce Type T Closed Prison

Kırıklar Type F Closed Prison 1

Kırıklar Type F Closed Prison No.2

Bafra Type F Closed Prison

Elazığ High Security Closed Prison No.2

Bursa Type H Closed Prison

Patnos Type L Closed Prison

Manisa Type T Prison

Alanya Type L Closed Prison

Bandırma Type T Closed Prison No.1

Bandırma Type T Closed Prison No.2

Balıkesir Kepsut Prison

Kayseri Bünyan Type T PrisonNo.2

Kayseri Women's Closed Prison

Urfa Type T Prison No.2

Elazığ High Security Prison No.1

Silivri Prison No.5

Tarsus Type T Prison No.1

Diyarbakır Type T Prison No.1

Karabük Type T Closed Prison

Bayburt Type T Women's Closed Prison

Tarsus Type T Women's Closed Prison

Tekirdağ Type F Prison No.2

Osmaniye Type T Prison No.2

Mardin Type E Closed Prison

Adana Kürkçüler Type F Closed Prison

Manisa Akhisar Type T Closed Prison

Maltepe Closed Prison

Tokat Type T Closed Prison

Ordu Type E Prison

Gaziantep Type H Closed Prison

Mardin Type E Prison

Samsun Vezirköprü Type M Closed Prison

Urfa Type T Prison No.1

Ceyhan Type M Closed Prison

Bafra Type T Closed Prison