On 17 December 14 Kurdish activists including former HDP deputy Dilek Öcalan went on indefinite hunger strike in Strasbourg with the slogan ‘Let’s break isolation, let’s destroy fascism’.

The 14 activists are on the 79th day of fast and continue to enjoy the support of Kurds and European people.

Despite the fact that they are now facing permanent health problems, activists are determined to continue their action.

On Tuesday the hunger strikers were visited by Hozan Diyar, martyrs’ families and many other citizens who came to Strasbourg to support the resistance against isolation.

Because of the aggravation of their health conditions, the hunger strikers have been able to stay with visitors only a little time. However they repeated their conviction that isolation of Öcalan will be lifted.

If you love freedom, you have to pay a price

Necmettin Er, who lost his son in September 2018 in Gabar, said: “If we want freedom, we must pay a price.”

And that price, said Er, is heavy, yet “we will fulfill the promises we made to our martyrs.”

Guerrillas’ parents: Kurds are not going anywhere

Xanê Yıldız, the mother of another guerrilla came from Ludwigshafen, Germany, to visit the hunger strikers.

She said that Leyla Güven, who led the hunger strike resistance, shoulders the burden of Kurdish mothers and women. Underlining the belief in Öcalan, the mother of the martyr said that the resistance to destroy isolation imposed on the Kurdish People's Leader led the AKP and Erdoğan to play tricks such as releasing Güven [from Amed prison] and allow Mehmet Öcalan to have a short visit with his brother.

Referring to the statements of Erdoğan who told Kurds ‘go to Kurdistan’, Xanê Yıldız said: “Erdoğan has told Kurds to go to Iraq and Syria. We say, he won't see that day.”

Hozan Diyar called on people to join the common resistance

Hozan Diyar underlined that the hunger strike action is a great resistance and requires a strong determination at every moment.

Hozan Diyar, who welcomed the leaders of the resistance, stressed that those who want to destroy Kurds and their struggle should actually “abandon their dreams”.

Stressing that the struggle for Kurdish freedom has come to this day at a great costs and martyrs, Hozan Diyar called on everyone who defines his/herself human and a democrat to join this common resistance.

We are in debt with Öcalan

A Kurdish activist named Muxtar from Paris said: “We are all in debt with Öcalan.”

Hunger striker Mustafa Sarikaya underlined that every martyrdom increases the desire and the courage of freedom.

He remarked that the construction of the nation of the Kurdish people continued with martyrdoms, and that the sufferings strengthened their ambitions and fight.

Sarikaya said that the resistance in Strasbourg is in line with the promises to the martyrs.

The Kurdish hunger striker said that this resistance aims at breaking the isolation against Öcalan and at freeing him and Kurdistan. He added: “The cause of the martyrs is our cause. The search for freedom is our search.”

Today, the 79th day of hunger strike, visitors came to show their support to hunger strikers from Germany, Belgium, France and Switzerland.