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Leyla Güven Sends Letters to EP and CPT

Leyla Güven Sends Letters to EP and CPT

HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for the last 85 days, has sent letters to the European Parliament and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture, urged them to take the necessary steps concerning the isolation on PKK leader Öcalan.

31 January 2019

Former CHP MP Eren Erdem to Begin Hunger Strike in Prison

Former CHP MP Eren Erdem to Begin Hunger Strike in Prison

Former CHP MP Eren Erdem has stated, “Being tried on FETÖ-related charges is hurting my pride” and announced that he will go on a hunger strike as of January 29.

28 January 2019

Leyla Güven: It is a Struggle That Has to Be Waged by Us All

Leyla Güven: It is a Struggle That Has to Be Waged by Us All

HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on the 82nd day of her hunger strike: “The other mainstay of this struggle was the works done outside. It was a source of moral support. As you gave a voice to it, people talked about it and as it spread to everywhere…”

28 January 2019

Police Prevents Peace Mothers' Statement

Police Prevents Peace Mothers' Statement

The Peace Mothers have gathered to make a press statement and send a letter to the Ministry of Justice for MP Leyla Güven and more than 200 prisoners who are on a hunger strike. Police did not allow the statement to be made.

25 January 2019 Hikmet Adal

First Picture from Leyla Güven After Her Release

First Picture from Leyla Güven After Her Release

In the wake of Diyarbakır 9th Heavy Penal Court’s verdict of release for HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 79 days, Güven has been released from prison. HDP Co-Chair Buldan has stated that she will continue her hunger strike.

25 January 2019

Letter of Solidarity from Plaza de Mayo Grandmother Nora Cortiñas to Leyla Güven

Letter of Solidarity from Plaza de Mayo Grandmother Nora Cortiñas to Leyla Güven

Nora Cortiñas, a Plaza de Mayo Grandmother, has penned a letter of solidarity for HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike in prison for 78 days: “I send you a hug, and the commitment to shout here very loud and to amplify your call.”

24 January 2019

Leyla Güven Not Able to Meet Visitors in Last 15 Days, Say Rights Organizations in Diyarbakır

Leyla Güven Not Able to Meet Visitors in Last 15 Days, Say Rights Organizations in Diyarbakır

The rights organizations in Diyarbakır have stated that Leyla Güven, an HDP MP who has been on a hunger strike for 78 days, has serious health issues and called the authorities to grant her demands to end the hunger strike.

24 January 2019

Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch Chair: Ambulance Kept Ready for Güven in Prison Yard

Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch Chair: Ambulance Kept Ready for Güven in Prison Yard

Speaking to bianet about the hunger strike of imprisoned HDP MP Leyla Güven, Human Rights Association Diyarbakır Branch Chair Zeytun and Diyarbakır Medical Chamber Chair Demir have stated that her condition has reached a critical point.

22 January 2019 Ayça Söylemez

Petition Launched for Leyla Güven

Petition Launched for Leyla Güven

An international petition has been launched for Leyla Güven, an MP for the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), who is on the 75th day of a hunger strike. More than 3,800 people have signed the petition in four days.

21 January 2019

Arrested Politician Zeydan Given Disciplinary Punishment Due to Hunger Strike

Arrested Politician Zeydan Given Disciplinary Punishment Due to Hunger Strike

Former HDP Hakkari MP Zeydan, who has been arrested since November 4, 2016, has been given a disciplinary punishment after he announced that he would go on a 10-day hunger strike. Zeydan will be banned from some activities in prison for a month.

15 January 2019

Arrested Politician Zeydan on Hunger Strike

Arrested Politician Zeydan on Hunger Strike

Former HDP MP Abdullah Zeydan has announced that he has begun a 10-day hunger strike in support of HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 56 days.

Leyla Güven’s Arrest Continues: 'We Can Find No Other Reason Than Political Motives'

Leyla Güven’s Arrest Continues: 'We Can Find No Other Reason Than Political Motives'

Diyarbakır 9th Heavy Penal Court has ruled that HDP MP Leyla Güven’s arrest shall continue. Serdar Çelebi, an attorney for Güven, told bianet, “As lawyers who know the case, we cannot find another reason than political motives.”

26 December 2018 Pınar Tarcan

Former Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Kışanak Goes on 10-Day Hunger Strike in Prison

Former Diyarbakır Co-Mayor Kışanak Goes on 10-Day Hunger Strike in Prison

Former Diyarbakır Metropolitan Co-Mayor Gültan Kışanak, who has been arrested for more than two years, has gone on a hunger strike in solidarity with HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, who has also been on a hunger strike in prison for 40 days.

18 December 2018

Second Police Raid Against HDP Diyarbakır Building

Second Police Raid Against HDP Diyarbakır Building

An operation has been launched against the people announcing that they have gone on a hunger strike in HDP Diyarbakır Building in solidarity with Leyla Güven. While 49 people have been taken into custody, 25 people were also detained two days ago.

13 December 2018

Pervin Buldan: We Go on a 2-Day Hunger Strike

Pervin Buldan: We Go on a 2-Day Hunger Strike

HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has announced that they will go on a two-day hunger strike with 10 MPs in solidarity with arrested HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike with the demand that “Isolation in İmralı be ended.”

4 December 2018

Leyla Güven Goes on Indefinite, Irreversible Hunger Strike

Leyla Güven Goes on Indefinite, Irreversible Hunger Strike

Leyla Güven, who has still been behind bars despite being elected as MP on June 24, has announced at her third hearing, which she attended via Audio and Visual Information System, that she has gone on an indefinite and irreversible hunger strike.

7 November 2018 Ekin Karaca

'Vefa Kartal Taken from Hospital to Prison is Vulnerable to Infection'

PROF. DR. ŞEBNEM KORUR-FİNCANCI:

'Vefa Kartal Taken from Hospital to Prison is Vulnerable to Infection'

Ill prisoner Vefa Kartal, who was referred to hospital after ending his hunger strike, has been taken back to prison. Prof. Dr. Korur-Fincancı has emphasized that though his illnesses could be treated in a short time, he might still be vulnerable to infection.

15 October 2018 Evrim Kepenek

Vefa Kartal Ends Hunger Strike on 96th Day

Vefa Kartal Ends Hunger Strike on 96th Day

After his demand for being treated in a hospital has been accepted, ill prisoner Vefa Kartal has ended his hunger strike on its 96th day.

9 October 2018 Evrim Kepenek

Rights Association: Hunger Strike Can End With Decision of Prison

Rights Association: Hunger Strike Can End With Decision of Prison

The Human Rights Association has released a statement about Vefa Kartal, who has been on a hunger strike in Tekirdağ Prison for 89 days. The association has stated that a simple decision of the prison administration can put an end to his hunger strike.

Transgender Inmate Buse Pauses Hunger Strike on 38th Day

Transgender Inmate Buse Pauses Hunger Strike on 38th Day

Transgender woman inmate Buse has paused her hunger strike on its 38th day. Her attorney Eren Keskin has stated that Buse will continue her hunger strike if she is not moved to another prison and not referred to hospital for her gender transition surgery.

16 July 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Letter Campaign for Trans Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike

Letter Campaign for Trans Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike

E-letter campaign has been launched for trans woman inmate Buse, who is kept in Tekirdağ Type F Closed Men’s Prison.

Transgender Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike: ‘I Want to Break Free from Prison in My Body’

Transgender Inmate Buse on Hunger Strike: ‘I Want to Break Free from Prison in My Body’

Transgender inmate Buse, who has not been permitted to undergo gender transition surgery despite the related court ruling and medical report, has been on hunger strike. Her friends and attorney have made a call and said, “Give a voice to Buse.”

5 July 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Vegan Inmate Osman Evcan Ends Hunger Strike After Acceptance of His Requests

Vegan Inmate Osman Evcan Ends Hunger Strike After Acceptance of His Requests

Vegan inmate Osman Evcan has ended his hunger strike on its 44th day after his requests have been accepted by the prison administration.

8 May 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on 5th Hunger Strike

Vegan Prisoner Osman Evcan on 5th Hunger Strike

Osman Evcan, who has gone on hunger strike for four times before and has managed to add vegan-vegetarian food article to Food Regulation for Convicted and Imprisoned, has announced that he has been on hunger strike again since March 26.

5 April 2018 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

Community Houses Members Gone on Strike in Custody not Given Sugar

Community Houses Members Gone on Strike in Custody not Given Sugar

Lawyer Cankurt has said that normally sugar is given to those who go on hunger strike in detention but Community House members are not given sugar.

26 February 2018 Ekin Karaca

Educators Who Ended Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital

Educators Who Ended Hunger Strike Discharged from Hospital

Nuriye Gülmen, Semih Özakça, Esra Özakça and Mehmet Güveli who ended the hunger strike have been discharged from hospital.

9 February 2018

‘We End Hunger Strike on Its 324th Day, We’ll Continue to Struggle’

NURİYE GÜLMEN AND SEMİH ÖZAKÇA

‘We End Hunger Strike on Its 324th Day, We’ll Continue to Struggle’

Gülmen and Özakça have announced that the State of Emergency Commission has rejected their applications, they ended the hunger strike and they will continue to struggle to go back to their works.

26 January 2018

9 Imprisoned Women Politicians on Hunger Strike in Protest of Afrin Operation

9 Imprisoned Women Politicians on Hunger Strike in Protest of Afrin Operation

Figen Yüksekdağ, Aysel Tuğluk, Çağlar Demirel, Burcu Çelik Özkan, Gülser Yıldırım, Gültan Kışanak, Nurhayat Altun, Edibe Şahin and Sebahat Tuncel have gone on hunger strike for three days in prisons where they are kept.

25 January 2018

33 People Detained in Demonstration Held for Gülmen, Özakça to Stand Trial

33 People Detained in Demonstration Held for Gülmen, Özakça to Stand Trial

The Solidarity for Nuriye and Semih have made a call for people to support the demands of Gülmen and Özakça, and attend the hearing.

18 January 2018 Beyza Kural

Gülmen, Özakça on 300th Day of Hunger Strike

Gülmen, Özakça on 300th Day of Hunger Strike

Academic Nuriye Gülmen and teacher Semih Özakça are on the 300th day of the hunger strike, a social media organization will be held at 8 p.m.

Call by Nuriye Gülmen for Fax Protest

Call by Nuriye Gülmen for Fax Protest

Academic Nuriye Gülmen, who has been on hunger strike for 288 days, has made a call for State of Emergency Commission to be faxed. “Our goal is 10 thousand faxes”, Gülmen said.

21 December 2017

Imprisoned Conscientious Objector on Hunger Strike for Roboski

Imprisoned Conscientious Objector on Hunger Strike for Roboski

Conscientious objector Vasillis Yaylalı has gone on hunger strike in prison for one week due to the sixth year of Roboski massacre.

21 December 2017