Pressure on Kurdish inmates in Afyon No. 1 T-Type jail by the prison administration and the guards is increasing. Prisoners have been on hunger strike since 3 January to protest the harassment.
Afyon No. 1 T-Type Prison has sadly made a name for itself because of the violation of rights and the sale of drugs by the guards to detainees. The pressure on the prisoners is increasing and the long-standing and ever-increasing oppression and torture was once again exposed during the prisoners’ visits with their families.
A prisoner named Harun Paçal told his family in detail what he experienced. The Paçal family said that the most common pressure applied in the prison is the ward raids that are routinely made by the prison administration.
According to what Paçal told his family, the prison administration ordered the raid of the wards at 5am. The guards, said the prisoner, destroyed all their belongings, from books to tea bags and biscuits.
Harun Paçal told his family that in some of the raids, some prisoners were thrown from a height of two meters by the guards and that other prisoners who reacted to this were beaten.
Paçal's family, on the other hand, said that these pressures were applied not only to the prisoners, but also to the families. The hours of visits were arbitrarily changed, the right to telephone conversation was restricted, and they were insulted while being interviewed by guards.
Prisoners on hunger strike
Six prisoners went on hunger strike on 3 January against the oppression and torture. They are: Habil Emen, Yusuf Birkan, Yusuf Erkek, Mehmet Emin Dal, Siraç Keskin and Cumali Yıldırım.
