First message from lawyer Aytaç Ünsal after ending death fast: 'I love all of you'

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Under treatment following a 214-day death fast, lawyer Aytaç Ünsal has sent a video message from the hospital. 

"I want to meet with you very much. I love all of you," he says in the video shared by the People's Law Office (HHB).

Halkın Hukuk Bürosu avukatı Aytaç Ünsal'ın tedavisi devam ederken halkına ilk selamı. "Sizlerle görüşmeyi çok istiyorum. Hepinizi çok Seviyorum!" pic.twitter.com/7d1IFbBCmy

— Halkın Hukuk Bürosu (@halkinhukuk_) September 9, 2020

After 18 lawyers from the HHB and the Progressive Lawyers' Association (ÇHD) were handed prison sentences only based on witness statements, two lawyers from the ÇHD, Ebru Timtik and Aytaç Ünsal started hunger strikes on January 2 and February 3, respectively, demanding a fair trial. 

After the appeals court upheld the verdict, they turned the hunger strike to a death fast. 

While the Court of Cassation's decision was awaited, Timtik lost her life on August 27, on the 238th day of her death fast. 

After the court ruled for the release of Ünsal on September 3, he accepted to end his death fast and treatment by independent doctors. (EMK/VK)