content tagged with hunger strikes 2012

Hunger Striker Journalist Emphasizes on Dialogue

Hunger Striker Journalist Emphasizes on Dialogue

Tayyip Temel, journalist, ended his hunger strike on its 68th day in Diyarbakir Prison, saying that the role of dialogue is essential for avoiding future tragedies.

20 November 2012 Ayça Söylemez

Hunger Strikers in Need of Extreme Care for Recovery

Hunger Strikers in Need of Extreme Care for Recovery

Turkish Chamber of Medicines listed a series of medical procedures needed for post-hunger strike recovery, warning prison officials and doctors to treat inmates with extreme care.

19 November 2012

Hunger Strikes End on Day 68

Hunger Strikes End on Day 68

Zübeyde Teker, president of the Associations of Help for Prisoners' Families Federation, declared the end of hunger strikes early on Sunday.

18 November 2012

Hunger Strikers' Families Speak Up

Hunger Strikers' Families Speak Up

"How can we remain silent to this? How can we eat when our children are starving to death?" families told bianet.

16 November 2012 Gönül İlhan

Feleknas Uca Transported to Germany

Feleknas Uca Transported to Germany

Turkish authorities released the former European Parliament Deputy Feleknas Uca from police custody and transported her back to Germany. She might have been deported, rumors said.

16 November 2012

Human Rights Association Members Released

Human Rights Association Members Released

6 Human Rights Association members were briefly taken into police custody in front of PM's Istanbul office after their attempt to make a declaration on the 64th day of hunger strikes.

14 November 2012

PM Pushes to Restore Death Penalty

PM Pushes to Restore Death Penalty

"We see PM Erdogan advocating for death penalty now, but we should also remember how he used to read aloud death row prisoner's letters in his public speeches."

13 November 2012 Ekin Karaca

PM Urges to Reconsider Death Penalty

PM Urges to Reconsider Death Penalty

Calling hunger strikes as “show”, “blackmail” and citing examples from the world, PM Erdogan declared on Sunday: “We should reconsider the death penalty in Turkey.”

12 November 2012

BDP Deputies to Start Hunger Strike

BDP Deputies to Start Hunger Strike

Idris Baluken, Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) Vice Chairman, announced that 8 BDP deputies will start hunger strike on Saturday and other deputies will join various protests after BDP's political and diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue did not yield any results.

9 November 2012 Ekin Karaca

Hunger Strike: The Irish Experience

DENIS O'HEARN

Hunger Strike: The Irish Experience

When people ask me, "what is the most important thing you learned about Bobby Sands?" I tell them one simple thing. The most important thing about Bobby Sands is not how he died on hunger strike, it is how he lived.

5 November 2012 Denis O'hearn