Kurdish journalists Nedim Türfent, Idris Yılmaz, Ziya Ataman and Reyhan Hacıoğlu have been on hunger strike since 1 March demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Ocalan.

Journalists Yılmaz and Ataman continue their hunger strike despite suffering from serious illnesses.

There are some 7 thousand prisoners on hunger strike and 30 are on death fast.