Indefinite and non-rotating hunger strike in Ereğli Prison

2022-11-17 17:36:02


	ADANA - 3 prisoners in Ereğli Prison went on an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike yesterday against the rights violations and isolation.
	 
	In Konya Ereğli High Security Prison, the indefinite rotating hunger strike started by political prisoners on October 4 for 10 days against rights violations and isolation conditions continues. One of the prisoners, Yakup Brukan from Rojhilat, set his body on fire on October 28 against the severe isolation conditions. It was learned that the prisoners Faik Budak, Fatih Baran and Remzi Akyürek continued an indefinite and non-rotating hunger strike on November 16th.
	 
	Lawyers from the Association for Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), Human Rights Association (İHD) and Çukurova Association for Assistance with the Families of Detainees and Convicts (Çukurova TUAY-DER) visited the prison administration and prisoners on November 11 and prepared a report.
	
	THE STATUS OF THE PRISON
	 
	The report also shared some information about the meeting of the lawyer committee with the prison administration. In the report, which stated that what happened was shared with the administration, the following was conveyed: "The prison director stated that the prison has a capacity of 480 people due to its architectural and physical structure, that there are 45 triple rooms, the rest of the rooms are all single rooms, the prisoners and convicts mentioned above. He conveyed to the delegation that they came to the prison and that they were executed or detained in this way, not because of the architectural and physical structure of the prison and the placements of the Ministry of Justice and General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses. Political prisoners, who are ill, elderly or in a risk group, requested to be evaluated immediately by the committee meeting with the prison administration. The request to take the bees to triple rooms has been conveyed. This request will be evaluated by the prison director, but since the number of rooms for three people is 45, the total number of prisoners or convicts is currently 200 people, and there is a reservation that an equality balance cannot be established in terms of whether or not to include people in triple rooms, this request will also be evaluated with the intention of creating a solution. transferred to the delegation.