HDP member Nasir Yagiz has been on an indefinite non-alternating hunger strike in Hewler (Erbil) for 3 months and 17 days. The hunger strike of 107 days tells all there is to know about a hunger striker’s health. It’s not just one day, or a few days, it is a total of 2.570 hours. All cells in the body are affected. The interaction is not limited to the body, it affects the relatives, the acquaintances and a whole society.

He has been tired in the last weeks. He has immense trouble getting out of bed. He spends most of the day in bed now. Even when he does get out of bed with help from friends, he has trouble sitting up due to his fragile body.

At nights he has pains that never go away, which prevent him from sleeping. His pains are getting stronger. His health issues are not limited to this, he continues to lose sight and hearing with every passing day.

Nasir Yagiz went on the hunger strike on November 20. Yagiz has fasted the longest, after HDP MP Leyla Guven. He wakes up early, but gets out of bed late. He tries to communicate the best he can with visitors and to talk to them about his purpose.

Yagiz tries to communicate as frequently as possible with other hunger strikers. He had a video call with Gulistan Ike, from the 14 activists on a hunger strike in Strasbourg, and exchanged views, giving each other strength and morale.

The visits also continue. He tries to stand up with help from his comrades to receive visitors, he goes to them and asks them how they are. Yagiz talks about the significance of the protest and his resolve. He never forgets about others in the resistance as he does so.

He talks about Leyla Guven, Strasbourg, prisons and the indefinite non-alternating hunger strikes in other countries. Yagiz says their protest is not to promote death but to live and let live, and stresses that their faith and hope that this resistance will prevail is great.