Three prisoners in Konya jail go on an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike
Three prisoners in Ereğli jail went on an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike to protest against the rights violations and isolation.
Three prisoners in Ereğli jail went on an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike to protest against the rights violations and isolation.
In Konya Ereğli High Security Prison, the indefinite alternating hunger strike started by political detainees on 4 October for 10 days against rights violations and isolation conditions continues. One of the detainees, Yakup Brukan from Rojhilat, set his body on fire on October 28 to protest the severe isolation conditions. It was learned that prisoners Faik Budak, Fatih Baran and Remzi Akyürek have turned the hunger strike into an indefinite fast as of 16 November.
Lawyers from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), Human Rights Association (İHD) and Çukurova Association for Assistance with the Families of Detainees and Convicts (Çukurova TUAY-DER) visited the prison administration and detainees on 11 November and prepared a report.
The report shared some information about the meeting of the lawyer committee with the prison administration. "The prison director stated that the jail has a capacity of 480 people. Currently there are 200 prisoners. There are 45 triple cells, while all the remaining cells are single cells.”