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• Hunger strike in prisons enters day 20 

  The indefinite-alternated hunger strike launched by prisoners in order to break the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan entered its 20th day.
• "We'll start non-alternating hunger strike if demands aren't met" 

  As the hunger strike in Turkey’s prisons continues on its 19th day, prisoner Mehmet Kurt said, "If our indefinite and alternating hunger strikes fail to get results, we will switch to an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike".
• Family can't retrieve remains of guerrilla son  

  The remains of Serhat Kaya, who fell as a martyr as the result of a Turkish air strike in Hakkari, has not been delivered to his family for 16 months.
• Family takes remains of guerrilla son after a 4-month wait 

  The remains of HPG guerrilla Cihan Erbaş (Hüseyin Fırat), who fell as a martyr in Hatay, were eventually delivered to his family after a 4-month wait.
• Hunger strike in prisons enters day 18 

  The prisoners' hunger strike against isolation has entered its 18th day and is carried out by the 4th group of inmates.
• PKK -PAJK prisoners on hunger strike: Time for resistance 

  In a detailed statement, political prisoners from PKK and PAJK trials in Turkey point out the untenable conditions in Turkish prisons and vow to resist.
• Family of guerrilla not given his remains after waiting 135 days 

  The family of guerrilla Seyithan Acay (Brusk Reşit), who fell a martyr during an air attack on 30 July, has been waiting for 135 days to have his remains delivered.
• Fourth group takes over hunger strike in prison to end isolation 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners on 27 November demanding the end of the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan as well as the violations in prisons entered its 17th day with the 4th group of prisoners.
• Women prisoners: We'll protest till isolation is lifted 

  Women prisoners in Bayburt continue their hunger strike against isolation.
• Diyarbakir women's jail is a place of repression, say prisoners 

  Eleven political prisoners in Diyarbakir women's prison describe the prison conditions in a letter to human rights lawyer Eren Keskin. The pandemic is being used as an alibi for degrading treatment.
• Fourth group of prisoners takes over hunger strike  

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners to end the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and end the violations in prisons entered its 16th day with the 4th group of prisoners.
• Body of HPG guerrilla kept by authorities for 3 years 

  The remains of HPG guerrilla Mercan Erkol, who was martyred in Amed's Kulp District in October 2017, have not been delivered to her family for three years.
• HPG guerrilla’s remains delivered 4 months after 

  The remains of HPG guerrilla Sefik Körman, who fell a martyr following an air strike, were delivered to his family after four months.
• Petition calls on Switzerland to stop deportation of two Kurds 

  A petition has been launched to halt Switzerland’s decision to deport asylum seekers from Maxmur camp, brothers Abdulkarim and Ahmed Tallı, who came to Switzerland four years ago to Turkey.
• Ill prisoner tests positive to coronavirus 

  63-year-old Nimet Değiş, who has been in prison for almost 29 years and is now in Maraş Türkoğlu L Type Closed Prison, has tested positive to coronavirus.
• Relatives of prisoners in Imrali apply for a visit 

  The families of the Kurdish people's leader and other prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit.
• Solidarity Initiative with Dağ and Er meets Amnesty International 

  The Solidarity Initiative met with Amnesty International Switzerland branch to demand a repeal of the death penalty on Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er in Southern Kurdistan, Northern Iraq.
• Extra punishments to prisoners on hunger strike 

  Gurbet Ceylan and Leyla Saraç, who are on hunger strike in Bayburt M-Type Closed Prison, said that prisoners who sing in Kurdish and dance are punished with a ban on communication.
• Third group of prisoners takes over hunger strike  

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners to demand the end of the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and to end the violations in prisons has reached day 13 and has been taken over by the 3rd group.
• Child abused by family and teachers in Istanbul 

  Saadet Teacher Association for Combating Child Abuse announced that a child in Istanbul was sexually assaulted by his teachers as well as his father and uncle for years.
• Prisoners on hunger strike call for solidarity 

  The prisoners in the 3rd group who took over the hunger strike against isolation in Düzce T Type Closed Prison called for support and growing solidarity for their action.
• HDP supports refugees in Mersin camp 

  Some 450 refugees live under catastrophic conditions in a refugee camp near Mersin. While the state is doing nothing, the HDP has taken practical steps to improve people's conditions.
• Seriously ill prisoner Turan remains in prison 

  The Constitutional Court rejected the demand to release seriously ill prisoner Abdullah Turan, who is paralyzed from the neck down, despite a report confirming that he cannot stay in prison.
• TJA activist Sevil Rojbin Çetin receives no medical treatment 

  Sevil Rojbin Çetin's family calls to release the TJA activist as she is not being treated in prison and her health situation is worsening.
• Guards seize the supplies of prisoners on hunger strike 

  Davut Barin, one of the prisoners on hunger strike in Eskişehir, revealed that their cells were raided and their materials and supplies such as salt and lemon, which are important for the blood pressure during food deprivation, were confiscated.