Journalist Türfent on hunger strike
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- 10:08 01/4/2021
Participating in the hunger strike in the 26th group, journalists Nedim Türfent said: "Lifting the isolation in İmralı will give us space to breathe."
Participating in the hunger strike in the 26th group, journalists Nedim Türfent said: "Lifting the isolation in İmralı will give us space to breathe."
The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 126. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 105 while it is day 88 in Greece.
Stating that journalism is on trial in the person of their colleagues standing trial in Van, journalists called for participation in the hearing to be held tomorrow.
TJA activist Gülcihan Şimşek was sentenced to 7 years and 6 months in prison over press releases and events she had attended.
Represantatives of political parties and NGOs protested the isolation in İmralı and drew attention to the hunger strikes in prisons on the 125th day.
Examining the indictment issued against the HDP by the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Cassation, the Constitutional Court has found procedural deficiencies. The Office will send the indictment back after rectifying them.
Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who made a statement at his party headquarters where he is continuing the 'Justice Watch', said: "We continued our resistance, we were right. Therefore, we were very strong. We knew we would win."
TJA Spokesperson Ayşe Gökkan was not allowed to plead in Kurdish at court. Gökkan protested the court decision that she can't plead in Kurdish except for the first and the last hearings.
Stating that the closure case against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) is a continuation of the nation-state policy of denial against the Kurds, former MP Demir Çelik said, "Attempting to close the party means reversing the role the Kurds have assumed in democratic politics."
Attorneys of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with his clients.
Attorneys of the 4 journalists who will be brought before court on April 2, for the first hearing of the case against them, stated that there was no criminal element in the indictment and their clients were on trial due to their journalistic activities.
The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 125. The hunger strike action in Maxmur is on day 104 while it is day 87 in Greece.
HDP's Gergerlioğlu was stripped of his parliamentary seat on March 17.
Two ISIS members, one of whom was a senior commander, were caught in the operation against ISIS in Hol Camp.
Stating that they are behind bars for revealing the torture, Adnan Bilen and Cemil Uğur whose first hearing will be held on Friday said: "Journalist should be working in the field, not in prison."