Kurdish people in Europe continue their demonstrations in support of the prisoners on hunger strike in Turkish jails.

LYON

A group of Kurds from the Mesopotamia Cultural Association in Lyon city of France distributed pamphlets at the central Place Bellcour Square to draw attention to the prison hunger strikes in Turkish jails. Demonstrators informed the people on the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the prison hunger strike.

TOULOUSE

Kurdish people and their allies living in Toulouse organized a solidarity rally at François Verdier Square organised by Toulouse Democratic Kurdish Society Center to show support for the prisoners on hunger strike.

Ali Ataş spoke on behalf of Toulouse Democratic Kurdish Society Center and emphasized their support to the demands of the prisoners on hunger strike against the inhumane treatment and torture of prisoners in Turkey.

Marche Mondial Des Femmes representative Marie Therese stated that serious rights violations are taking place in Turkish prisons, and that they will not remain silent since the hunger strikes have entered a critical stage.

BERN

Led by the Kurdish Free Youth Organization Ciwanên Azad, Kurdish youth in Bern, Switzerland staged a march to draw attention to the hunger strike that demands "an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and rights violations in prisons."

With a banner reading ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ Kurdish youth began their march in front of the train station in Bern, chanting "Long Live Prison Resistance" and "No Life Without the Leader."

FRANKFURT

Kurdish youth held a rally in the German city of Frankfurt to draw attention to the hunger strikes in Turkey and North Kurdistan. Demonstrators emphasized that the demands highlighted by the prisoners on hunger strike for 55 days must be accepted, and called upon Kurdish youth living in Europe to take action.

The youth responded the provocation of fascist groups by chanting slogans, and the rally at Römerberg Square ended with slogans of resistance.

DEN HAAG

Kurdish people and their allies in Den Haag, the Netherlands will launch an alternate hunger strike to support the prison hunger strikes.

Gathering under the lead of Democratic Society Center, 35-40 people met at 11:00 today to launch a hunger strike and show solidarity with prison hunger strikes.

Demonstrators are waiting for the Dutch state's permission for the hunger strike they plan to launch in front of the Ministry of Justice in order to demand a political solution under the supervision of European Union institutions.

ADIGEY

Kurds living in the Republic of Adygea, Russia held a meeting to draw attention to the conditions of political prisoners on hunger strike for 55 days.

During the meeting in the Adygea Kurdish Cultural Autonomy office, participants called upon all Kurds to support the prisoners that on hunger strike that demand an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and rights violations in prisons. Participants of the meeting also called upon the CPT to take action for the prisoners.

Adygea Kurdish Cultural Autonomy administrator Xwedêda Ahmet made the following statement during the meeting:

"The entire world has witnessed the violence fascist Turkish state used against civilians in Kurdistan. It is not that difficult to have an idea about the AKP government's inhumane treatment and repression of political prisoners who put their lives at risk by going on a hunger strike 55 days ago in order to bring these dirty policies to an end.

The CPT and all other international organizations should take urgent action for these prisoners. If the AKP thinks that its isolation will break the will of Kurdish people, it is mistaken. Kurds will inflict the heaviest blow to the AKP and its sidekick MHP on April 16. Erdoğan will experience his biggest defeat in the April 16 referendum."

Other participants of the meeting also held speeches in which they condemned the APK's state terror in Kurdistan and voiced support to the prisoners on hunger strike.

FRANCE

Demonstrations drawing attention to the hunger strikes in Turkish prisons continue in France.

 A tent demonstration was launched in front of the French Parliament in Paris today and this demo will continue for 5 days. Led by the Drancy Democratic Kurdish Society Center, protestors unfurled banners that read "Long Live the Resistance of Political Prisoners" and "Do Not Be Silent" as they distributed pamphlets on the hunger strikes.
Drancy Democratic Kurdish Society Center Co-chairperson Ali Alcı called upon everyone to support the hunger strikes and said "The friends that are on hunger strike in Turkish prisons have entered a critical stage. Kurdish people living in France and rest of Europe should take action immediately. We must be the voice of the prisoners on hunger strike and raise awareness immediately."

In the meantime, the Democratic Kurdish Council in France (CDK-F) and Kurdish Women's Movement in France brought together an action plan to be the voice of the prisoners on hunger strike and raise public awareness.

ACTION PLAN

Below is the action plan for France:

Today, a protest led by the Paris TEV-CAND Culture and Arts Council will take place at 19:00 in front of the Opera building in Paris.

Today, a march and a rally led by the Marseille Democratic Kurdish Society Center will take place at 19:00 in Marseilles.

A tent demo and alternate hunger strike will take place in Marseilles on April 11.

A rally will take place in front of the CPT building in Strasbourg on April 13.

March and rally will be held in Paris, Rennes, Marseilles and Draguignan on April 15.