DİYARBAKIR- The hunger strike launched by Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er in Hewler Prison against rights violations continues on its 41st day.

 

Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er, who were arrested in the Federated Kurdistan Region on 17 July 17, 2019 on the grounds of the attack on Turkish consulate general in Hewler Osman Köse and Iraqi citizens Neriman Osman and Beşdar Ramazan, were arrested and sentenced to death in the first instance court. The indefinite nonrotating hunger strike launched by Dağ and Er on May 18 against arbitrary searches, physical violence, insults and the imposition of uniforms in Hewler Prison, which is under the control of KDP public order, continues on its 41st day.

 

Dağ and Er started a hunger strike on September 28, 2022 against torture and rights violations in the prison where they were held, and ended the protest on the 14th day after their demands were accepted. Dağ and Er started the death fast action against violations on February 13, 2022, and ended it on the 9th day after the demands were accepted.

 

Dağ and Er started an indefinite nonrotating hunger strike on May 18, after the violations continued.