Hunger strike action on its 237th day

  • 13:08 21 July 2021
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NEWS CENTER - The hunger strike, which started with the demand to end the aggravated isolation on PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and to end the violations of rights in prisons, continues on its 237th day.

The hunger strike launched by Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK) prisoners on November 27, 2020 to demand an end to the aggravated isolation on PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and to end the increasing violations of rights in prisons continues. The hunger strike, which is carried out on an indefinite-alternately every five days, continues alternately every 15 days since 14 July with the 47th group. The action is on its 237th day.

Action in Maxmur on its 216th day

The hunger strike, which was launched on 18 December against the Imralı isolation in Maxmur Camp in the Federal Kurdistan Region and continued at the Maxmur Martyrs' Families Council, has entered its 216th day.

The action in Lavrio has entered its 199th day

The indefinite-alternating hunger strike launched by who are staying in the Lavrio Camp in Greece to end the isolation on the PKK leader and to support the ongoing hunger strikes in prisons is on its 199th day. The hunger strike in the camp is led by the Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ-Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger), the European Kurdish Women's Movement (Tevgera Jinên Kurdistan a Ewropa) and the Kurdistan Cultural Center (Navenda Çanda Kurdistan).