Prisoners expect solidarity to grow

2023-12-27 14:18:25


	 

	WAN - Families who continue the Justice Sit-in in Wan stated that they expect solidarity to grow for the actions of their detained relatives demanding "freedom for Abdullah Öcalan".

	 

	The "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish issue" campaign, which was launched at the international level on October 10 for the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held in isolation in İmralı Type F High Security Prison for 25 years and has not been heard from for 34 months. continues with events. The prisoners in Kurdistan and Turkey prisons entered the 31st day of the rotating hunger strike on November 27 within the scope of the campaign, while relatives of the prisoners went on a hunger strike in Amed, Mersin and Adana on December 4, in Wan on December 5, and in Istanbul on December 13, started a "Justice Sit-in".

	 

	The Prisoners' relatives, who have been on Justice sit-in for 23 days at the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Provincial Organization building in Wan, drew attention to the rights violations experienced by their relatives in prisons and said that the prisoners expressed their discomfort with the silence of those outside.

	 

	Xemê Aydın, who was at the Justice Sit-in protest, demanded freedom for all prisoners in the person of her ill imprisoned son Rojhat Aydın. Drawing attention to the hunger strike in prisons, mother Aydın said: "We all need to support this action started by the prisoners and called for expanding the struggle."

	 

	Aydın drew attention to the health problems of his son, who has been detained for 9 years and is currently held in Konya Ereğli High Security Prison. Aydın said: “His right and left fingers are cut off, there are shrapnel pieces in his feet, arms and eyes. He is currently being held in solitary confinement. I haven't been able to see him for the last year. I went and saw it yesterday for the first time in a year. We have a hard time going to prison, but even if we don't go to prison, our thoughts remain there. He has been detained for 9 years and is still in solitary confinement." 

	 

	'THE PUBLIC SHOULD TAKE TO THE STREET'

	 

	Kevser Bitik, who participated in the Justice Sit-in protest, stated that those in prison were very disturbed by the silence of those outside. Mother Bitik, who said that she went to see her son Sinan Bitik, who is imprisoned in Van Type F Closed Prison, said: "Hunger strikes in prisons have been going on for days. I went to my son's open view a week ago and he is uncomfortable with the silence outside. We need to be a voice for the prisoners. After the hunger strike, the pressure on the prisoners increased, so the only demand of the prisoners was the uprising of the people outside. The Kurdish people need to raise their voice, go to the prisons and take to the streets." 

	 

	'THIS OPPRESSION CANNOT BE ACCEPTED'

	 

	Nebahat Abi, who was at the Justice Sit-in for her two nephews who are imprisoned in Erzirom and Wan prisons, said: "The systematic isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan has spread to all prisons. We should not accept oppression anymore. We cannot hear from Öcalan or our children. This is a very difficult situation for us. We started this Sit-in to have a meeting with Öcalan. We want the citizens in prison to be released and the coffins to be unearthed. Those currently detained are in prison because they defended their language and existence. They kill the Kurd, put him in prison and try to silence his voice. But the Kurdish people continue to struggle and will continue."

	 

	Abi wanted not only the Turkish public but also international states to be sensitive to the lawlessness in Turkey. Abi concluded her words as follows: “All states have closed their ears and eyes to Turkey's oppression. The prisoners in prisons resorted to hunger strike against this lawlessness. They are fighting for their leaders, they are fighting for the Kurdish people. Everyone needs to speak out against these protests, because we all have the same pain and concern."