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Turkey: Hunger strike in prisons enters day 245

The hunger strike started by inmates against the isolation of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 245th day.

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Turkey: Hunger strike in prisons enters day 245
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The solidarity hunger strike in Greece has reached day 207 and 224 day in Maxmur.

An indefinite and alternate hunger strike was launched by PKK and PJAK prisoners in Turkey on 27 November demanding the end of the continued isolation of Abdullah Öcalan who has been held in Imralı Prison Island for 21 years, and ever-increasing rights violations in prisons.

The protest continues on its 245th day.

A solidarity hunger strike was launched in the Maxmur refugee camp and it is now on day 224.

The solidarity hunger strike in Greece has reached day 207.

On 18 December, a solidarity hunger strike was launched by women in Maxmur Camp in South Kurdistan.

The hunger strike is being carried out in Maxmur Martyrs' Families Association and it's on its 224th day.

An indefinite-alternating hunger strike was launched in Lavrio Camp, in Greece, to protest the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and in support of the prisoners in Turkey.

 

The hunger strike in the camp, on day 207, is led by the Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ-Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger), the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (Tevgera Jinên Kurdistan a Ewropa) and Navenda Çanda Kurdistan (Kurdish Cultural Center).

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