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The Human Rights Association İstanbul Branch Commission for Prisons held a press conference today (March 28) concerning the hunger strikes launched by those convicted of PKK and PAJK cases.
Speaking on behalf of the İHD, Mine Nazari said the hunger strikes continue in two ways as temporal rotation and permanently without rotation.
64 prisoners in total
As of March 28, the prisons in which hunger strikes continue and the number of days the strikers carry out the hunger strike are as follows:
* 33 prisoners including five women from Şakran Hospital are on 42nd day.
* 16 prisoners from Edirne Prison on 32nd day.
* 8 prisoners from Van Type-T Prison on 21st day.
* 7 women prisoners from Sincan Women Prison on 34th day.
Demands of the strikers
Nazari explained the demands of the hunger strikers:
* Heavy isolation conditions for PKK’s imprisoned leader Abdullah Öcalan be lifted
* Bans and destruction in Kurdish cities be ended
* Bad attitude against the prisoners be changed. (TP/AS/TK)
