News from IRPWA (Irish Republican Prisoners Welfare Association) “On Monday afternoon, Republican prisoner Seán McVeigh made an application for CTR (Compassionate Temporary Release) following the sudden and tragic loss of his daughter’s mother. The administration in Maghaberry showed a complete disregard for the difficult circumstances faced by Seán and his daughter, for whom Seán is…

Pablo Hasel: ‘I’d rather leave prison later, but without having given them what they want.’ Interview with Pablo Hasel ‘I’d rather get out of prison later, but without giving them what they want.’ Interview with the rapper, who is facing the final stage of his imprisonment after five years. Last month marked five years since…

Due to a resistance to 24/7 camera observations in the prison cells of Marmara’s L Type Prison No. 6, the prison administration attacked political prisoners: Oktay KELEBEK*, former hunger striker against S, R and Y isolation prisons, hunger strike veteran Yüksel DOĞAN, Yılmaz VİRANER, and cancer patient Hasan KARAPINAR were tortured and forcibly taken to…

The statement of International Red Aid announces the victory in the struggle for the seriously ill long-term prisoner María José Baños Andújar: Our organised struggle has borne fruit. This morning, María José Baños Andújar was notified that she has been classified as a third-degree prisoner with conditional release and without any additional conditions, in accordance…

OPEN LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL COMMUNITY concerning the ongoing violation of the fundamental rights of political prisoner María José Baños Andújar. To the attention of solicitors and barristers, Bar Councils and Law Societies, legal and human rights organisations, Special Rapporteurs, and European and international mechanisms for the protection of fundamental rights. The undersigned –…

In Marseille, France, two communist movements, Supernova (Marxist-Leninist French bi-annual magazine) and OCF (French Communist Organization), are organising one-day solidarity hunger strikes in support of political prisoners in Turkey who are resisting systematic isolation in S, R and Y ‘pit-like’ prisons. A one-day solidarity hunger strike is to be carried out by nine internationalists from…

More and more political prisoners, including Pablo Hasel, are joining the hunger strike, demanding the release of Maria Jose Bagnos. Over 30 organisations and soldarity networks demand immediate release of sick political prisoner in Spain, María José Baños Andújar. We share the collective call and statement of solidarity: As collectives and organisations, we raise our…

One-day solidarity hunger strikes were carried out in different countries of Europe to support the resistance to S, R and Y Type isolation prisons in Turkey. March 7 marked the 200th day of indefinite hunger strike of the political prisoner Huseyin Ozen. A total of 272 people in 10 countries participated in a 1-day solidarity…

The struggle against pit-type isolation prisons in Turkey continue without interruption. To mark the 200th day of Huseyin Ozen’s indefinite hunger strike on Saturday, March 7, solidarity hunger strikes will be held for one day in different countries in support of the resistance against Type S, R and Y isolation prisons in Turkey. Six political…

In the weekend of 28 February and 1 March, dozens of letters and postcards were sent to the prisoners in Turkey to express solidarity with the political prisoners on hunger strike resistance to pit-type isolation prisons and others who are kept in prison despite serious health problems. Here’s a summary of the letter/post card action…