Hunger strikes in Maxmur and Greece continue

Hunger strikes in support to prisoners fasting in Turkey's jails continue both in Maxmur refugee camp and Lavrio refugee camp in Greece.

Hunger strikes in support to prisoners fasting in Turkey's jails continue both in Maxmur refugee camp and Lavrio refugee camp in Greece.

Hunger strike in Maxmur Camp

In parallel, a hunger strike against isolation and in solidarity with the action in the prisons has been launched in Maxmur refugee camp in South Kurdistan on 18 December. The hunger strikers are based at the Maxmur Martyrs' Families Association and various groups have been fasting for a few days each for 32 days.

Hunger strike in Lavrio Camp

A hunger strike has been going in Lavrio refugee camp in Greece for 15 days demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the end of repression in prisons.

The Revolutionary Youth Movement (TCŞ-Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger), the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe (Tevgera Jinên Kurdistan a Ewropa) and the Navenda Çanda Kurdistan (Kurdish Cultural Center) are leading the hunger strike.