Kurdish hunger striker admitted to hospital refuses treatment

Kerem Solhan, one of the 14 hunger strikers in Strasbourg, was taken to hospital after suffering problems.

Kerem Solhan, one of the 14 hunger strikers who are on their 44th day of fast in Strasbourg demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Ocalan, was taken to hospital

An ambulance was called after Solhan experienced sickness earlier in the afternoon.

The ambulance medical team suggested the hunger striker should be taken to hospital.

However, as Solhan refused to be taken into hospital, the responsible for health of the activists said a new and more equipped health team should come to provide Solhan with the care he needed. On the insistence of the health team, Solhan was hospitalized for diagnosis. His situation is expected to be clarified once the necessary tests are done.

After recent examinations, Doctor Fahrettin Gülşen pointed out that Kerem Solhan's health condition had deteriorated in recent days and that the fact that he was not willing to accept treatment could be a further problem.

Doctor Gülşen had carried out on Monday the latest health check on the hunger strikers and had said that most of the activists complaint of headache, muscular fat burning due to fatigue, fatigue and serious sleeping problems.