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Political prisoners in Mardin and Urfa went on an indefinite hunger strike against the unbearable conditions of detention.
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A group of lawyers, intellectuals, writers, politicians, human rights defenders, journalists and citizens started a campaign for lawyers Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal who are on hunger strike
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From Kurdistan to Great Britain – Why hunger strikes matter
It is only with our knowledge and understanding of our own history that we can see the impact hunger strikes can have in the fight against oppression and tyranny. Our own history of struggle has been shaped and redefined by these acts. That’s why hunger strikes matter, from Kurdistan to Great Britain
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Turkey – Hunger Strikes. HDP writes letter to the international community on death fasts
Peoples’ Democratic Party vice co-chair Hişyar Özsoy wrote a letter to the international community regarding the 15 political prisoners who have turned their hunger strike into a “death fast”
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Öcalan’s lawyer: Isolation means war
Lawyer Ibrahim Bilmez is one of the lawyer of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, from Asrin Hukuk Burosu
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Turkey: hunger strikes for Öcalan reach a critical stage
Hundreds of Kurdish detainees in Turkish prisons are carrying out a hunger strike to demand an end to the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan
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