EU deputies to visit hunger strikers on Wednesday
EU deputies to visit hunger strikers on Wednesday
MEP Jürgen Klute as written to colleagues about the hunger strike carried out by fifteen Kurdish hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
As next week the European Parliament session will be held in Strasbourg, Klute suggest a solidarity action in their support.
The MEP ask colleagues to join him and Kurdish deputy Leyla Zana, South African Judge Mr Essa Moosa and other national MPs from several European countries and intellectuals, in their visit to the hunger strikers "to tell them that we received their political message and to ask them to suspend the fast".
Thehunge strike was launched on 15 February to protest against Turkish political repression of Kurds, to demand more political freedoms for Kurdish people in Turkey, the restart of negotiations for a political
solution to the Kurdish issue in Turkey and the release of all political prisoners, including Öcalan. The hunger strikers (three of which have already been taken to hospital) are asking the European institutions and the Council of Europe to do their utmost to protect the Kurds' fundamental rights.
As next week the European Parliament session will be held in Strasbourg, Klute suggest a solidarity action in their support.
The MEP ask colleagues to join him and Kurdish deputy Leyla Zana, South African Judge Mr Essa Moosa and other national MPs from several European countries and intellectuals, in their visit to the hunger strikers "to tell them that we received their political message and to ask them to suspend the fast".
Thehunge strike was launched on 15 February to protest against Turkish political repression of Kurds, to demand more political freedoms for Kurdish people in Turkey, the restart of negotiations for a political
solution to the Kurdish issue in Turkey and the release of all political prisoners, including Öcalan. The hunger strikers (three of which have already been taken to hospital) are asking the European institutions and the Council of Europe to do their utmost to protect the Kurds' fundamental rights.
