Lawyers for Freedom Association (OHD) Ankara’s Prisons Commission prepared a report on the indefinite nonalternating hunger strikes that have spread through all prisons as of March 1 against the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan. The “Central Anatolia Regional Prisons Hunger Strikes and Rights Violations Report for March 2019” was prepared by lawyers in the commission who visited prisons and met with the prisoners.

PRISONS WHERE THE RESISTANCE CONTINUES

The report includes the following information on the resistance in the Central Anatolia region: 

“-Ankara Sincan Closed Women’s Prison: 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since December 26, 2018. 24 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Kirikkale Type F High Security Prison: 6 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since December 26, 2018. 40 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Kayseri Bunyan Type T Prison No.2: 4 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 5, 2019. 60 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Kayseri Bunyan Closed Women’s Prison: 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 5, 2019. 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 25, 2019. 22 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Karabuk Type T Closed Prison: 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 5, 2019. 30 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Tokat Type T Prison: 4 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 5, 2019. 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since since February 25, 2019. 2 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since since March 13, 2019. 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 22, 2019.

-Bayburt Type M Prison: 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 5, 2019. 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 20, 2019. 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since February 15, 2019.

-Eskisehir Type H Prison: 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 20, 2019.

-Cankiri Type E Closed Prison: 2 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since Janaury 25, 2019. 2 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 10, 2019.

-Dinar Type T Closed Prison: 4 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Bafra Type T Closed Prison: 6 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since  January 8, 2019. 43 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Vezirkopru Type M Closed Prison: 1 prisoner has been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since January 25, 2019. 2 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Amasya Type E Closed Prison: 3 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Yozgat Type E Closed Prison: 4 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since March 1, 2019.

-Corum Type L Closed Prison: 2 prisoners have been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike since February 22, 2019.”