An indefinite alternating hunger strike was undertaken by PKK and PAJK prisoners on 27 November demanding the end of the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and protesting violations of rights in the country's jails.
An indefinite alternating hunger strike was undertaken by PKK and PAJK prisoners on 27 November in order to end the isolation imposed on Kurdish people leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been held in Imrali High Security F Type Closed Prison for 22 years, and to protest the increasing violations of rights.
The hunger strike has reached day 103 and is being carried out by the 21st group of prisoners.
82 days of hunger strike in Maxmur
A hunger strike led by women against the isolation imposed in Imrali was launched on December 18 in Maxmur Camp in South Kurdistan. The action is taking place at the Martyr Families’s Association and is on its 82nd day.
65 days of hunger strike in Greece
An indefinite alternating hunger strike action was also launched in Lavrio Camp in Greece in support to the main action in prisons and demanding the end of the isolation imposed on Öcalan. The hunger strike is on its 65th day and is led by the Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ-Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger), the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (Tevgera Jinên Kurdistan a Ewropa) and Navenda Çanda Kurdistan (Kurdish Cultural Center).
