The hunger strike launched by Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er against the violations of rights they are suffering in Hewler prison at the hands of the KDP, continues on the 64th day.

Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er were arrested and sentenced to death by the KDP in 2020. They have been subjected to gross violations of their rights since the day they were imprisoned. The two Kurds, who have been on hunger strike many times to end the oppression and violations, finally went on a hunger strike on 18 May against the violations of their rights and the imposition of the prison uniform. As their demands have still not been met, they continue their hunger strike.

In a phone call with his family on June 23, Mazlum Dağ stated that their health condition was bad, there was no doctor and medicine in the hospital, no one had visited them for 10 days, and that Er had lost 20 kilograms and he had lost 10 kilograms.

During their visit to Hewler on Wednesday, the families of both prisoners said: “Our sons' rights are violated in prison and they are subjected to physical and psychological torture. Our sons are being held together with ISIS gangs in prison. But our sons are political prisoners. On this basis, we want the prison administration's approach to them to be humane.”

As a result of increasing public pressure, a commission was established by the Kurdistan Region Human Rights Board Chair, the General Director of Prisons, and the Kurdistan Region Ministry of Social Work to address the demands of Mazlum Dağ and Abdulrahman Er.