Letters sent by prisoners to intellectuals and the Parliament were confiscated

2024-01-02 16:33:28


	 

	MÊRDÎN - Letters written by prisoners on hunger strike against the isolation, in order to deliver them to intellectuals, artists and the Parliament, were confiscated.

	 

	Rozerin Kalkan, who is a prisoner in Şakran Women's Closed Prison, talked about the rights violations they experienced in her phone call with her family. Kalkan stated that the letters sent by the detainees to intellectuals, artists and the Parliament were confiscated from the prison, where the rotating hunger strike continues, demanding the physical freedom of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the end of isolation. Stating that the letters written by intellectuals and artists such as Murathan Mungan and Sezen Aksu to the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission were confiscated, Kalkan said: "They do not allow our voices to go out. Make our voices heard."

	 

	

	 

	WE WILL BE THE VOICE OF OUR CHILDREN

	 

	Speaking on the issue, Kalkan's mother Şerife Kalkan said: “Neither their letters are sent abroad nor their letters are allowed to come from outside. They want to prevent their voices from being heard. We do not accept this. Our children are on strike. We also defend the rights of our children. They will be on hunger strike until they get results. We want this isolation to be abolished from our children and the prisons. We want their rights to be given. We want their voices to be heard outside. A hunger strike has been launched in all prisons, yet their sentences are being postponed, repentance is imposed, and their sentences are extended. We will be against this isolation. We will raise our voice and be the voice of the prisons and our children."