Hunger strike action in prisons is on its 44th day
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- 10:33 09/1
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 44th day.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 44th day.
There has been no news from Rojnews News Agency editor Süleyman Ahmet for 77 days. The KDP administration continues their silence despite the applications and calls regarding Ahmet, who is held by the security forces on October 25.
Levent Andıç, who lost his life in the conflict in Elkê, was buried in Amed.
Selahattin Demirtaş, who started his defense in the Kobanê Case and completed it in Kurdish, said: "We will meet in free days. Long live the struggle for freedom." Demirtaş also listed 7 suggestions for the solution of the Kurdish issue.
Continuing his defense in the Kobanê Case, Selahattin Demirtaş said: "Whether a person is accepted as a leader by the people is a matter of political criticism and debate. But it cannot be a matter of judgment. Millions of people, not me, declared Öcalan the leader of the people."
The parents of Rozerin Çukur (16), who was murdered by sniper fire on January 8, 2016, during the curfew in Sur, visited their daughter's grave on the anniversary.
Stating that the Imrali isolation is a situation that goes beyond torture, musician Hekîm Sefkan said that the message intended to be given by the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish issue" campaign is "You cannot surrender us, we are standing."
Writers and artists who signed the declaration titled "Let's Be a Voice for Peace" in Amed and Istanbul stated that they defended peace against war and demanded the end of the isolation and the solution of the Kurdish issue.
In the indictment prepared against the imprisoned Co-chair of the Avesta Language and Cultural Research Association, Ali Yalçınkaya, the acitivities of the assocation were shown as "terrorist organization activities".
There has been no news from Rojnews News Agency editor Süleyman Ahmet for 76 days. The KDP administration continues their silence despite the applications and calls regarding Ahmet, who is held by the security forces on October 25.
The hunger strike in prisons demanding "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a solution to the Kurdish issue" has entered its 43rd day.
Telling her 16-year-old daughter Rozerin, who was murdered during the curfew in Sur, Fahriye Çukur said: "I cannot forget her smile. As long as I am alive, I will defend my daughter's righteousness and not give up her cause."
Prof. Norman Paech who supports the "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan" campaign, said: "The move shows that Abdullah Öcalan is known in the world far beyond the borders of Kurdistan."
Women from Afrin, who are struggling to survive in Shehba against Turkish attacks and the Damascus embargo, said: "We will not step back no matter how long it takes."
Politician Zeynep Ölbeci, who is on trial in detention in the Kobanê Case, said: "Me and my friends started a hunger strike to demand that the isolation be abolished and negotiations begin."