Hunger strike in prisons on day 182

Political prisoners launched an indefinite-alternating hunger strike in Turkish prisons on November 27, in a bid to end the isolation against PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held in Imralı High Security F Type Closed Prison for 22 years, and to protest the increasing violations of rights in prisons. The action is on its 182nd day and is carried out by the 37th group of prisoners.

DAY 161 IN MAXMUR

On December 18, a hunger strike was launched in the Maxmur Camp in the Kurdistan Region in northern Iraq in solidarity with the action of political prisoners in Turkey and North Kurdistan. The action, which is led by women, has been carried out in the Maxmur Martyr Families Association for 161 days.

DAY 144 IN GREECE

The indefinite-alternating hunger strike action launched in Greece’s Lavrio Camp has been continuing for 144 days. The hunger strike in the camp 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).