HDP Member Nasir Yagiz is on day 100 of his hunger strike and continues despite serious health issues. Yagiz said the people should support the hunger strikers and added: “We should crown the resistance with victory in 2019.”
HDP Member Nasir Yagiz, who is on day 100 of his hunger strike in Hewler protesting the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan, is determined to continue to resist despite his life threatening health issues.
“THE PEOPLE SHOULD RESIST AND SUPPORT THE HUNGER STRIKERS”
Yagiz spoke to ROJNews and said the following on the 100th day of his hunger strike:
“On day 100 of my protest, we greet the spring. With the flowers blooming, we must break the isolation and free Leader Apo. Our people should support the prisoners. The resources in prison are extremely limited. The prison administrations are tyrannical. The people should take up the resistance before martyrdoms start coming. The people should support the hunger strikers.”
GUNES: HE HAS GREAT RESOLVE
HDP Bashure Kurdistan Representative Muzeyen Gunes, who has been with Nasir Yagiz throughout the hunger strike, said:
“Yagiz has continued his protest with great resolve and excitement from the first day on. He says, ‘I must combine my voice with Leyla Guven. We must break the isolation and live free with Leader Apo.’ When the HDP Hewler Representation OFfice started the hunger strikes against the isolation, Nasir joined in and has been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike ever since, for 100 days.”
Gunes said Yagiz is experiencing headaches, diminished sight, nausea, arrhythmia and other health issues: “He is not well healthwise, but his will is strong and he has great morale. Yagiz has never faltered, and gives morale to his friends as well. He says he is joyful for being Leyla Guven’s comrade. Leader Apo’s freedom means the freedom of all Middle Eastern peoples.”
“WE WILL MAKE 2019 THE YEAR OF RESISTANCE AND VICTORY”
Gunes relayed Nasir Yagiz’s message for his visitors: “We will make 2019 the year of resistance and victory. All must see our resistance. We must crown the resistance with victory in 2019. We are giving our lives for freedom. Maybe we will be martyred, but we do not regret choosing the path of resistance. Be proud of us. The path we have chosen is the path of truth for Kurds. It is the path of Leader Apo and the whole of Kurdish people.”
