9th group took over the hunger strike in prisons 2021-01-06 10:50:26     NEWS CENTER - The hunger strike that the prisoners started on November 27 to abolish the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and to end the violations in prisons, continues on the 41st day with the ninth group.   The indefinite-alternating hunger strike which started on November 27 by prisoners in Turkey's and region's prisons to abolish the continued isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and end the right violations in prisons continues. The hunger strike action is on its 41st day with the ninth group.   The Marmara Association for Solidarity with Prisoners' Families (MATUHAY-DER), Peoples’ Democratic Congress (HDK), Tevgera Jinên Azad (TJA), Democratic Regions Party (DBP), and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) made a statement to the press in front of Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison regarding the hunger strikes. In the statement, attention was drawn to the ongoing hunger strikes in prisons.