INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS (IS4PP)

Spreading the voice of political prisoners around the world

  • THE VOICE OF REVOLUTIONARY PRISONERS IN TURKEY WAS HEARD IN BARCELONA

    THE VOICE OF REVOLUTIONARY PRISONERS IN TURKEY WAS HEARD IN BARCELONA

    On 24 January, a conference on political prisoners was held in Barcelona, the final city of the tour in Spain. This conference was jointly organised by Plataforma Antirepresiva (Anti-Repression Platform) and Samidoun. There were four speakers at the conference: They also demanded the release of Ahmad Sa’adat, General Secretary of the PFLP. She spoke on…

  • Greece: Support for resistance to S, R and Y isolation prisons continues

    Greece: Support for resistance to S, R and Y isolation prisons continues

    As delegation of the People’s Front in Greece had a meeting with Mera25, a committee for human and social rights to talk about the S,R,Y isolation prisons in Turkey. In the meeting the members of the committee were informed about the conditions in pit-type isolation prisons, about the situation of the hunger strikers and also…

  • The voice of the free prisoners on hungerstrike was heard in Castellón

    The voice of the free prisoners on hungerstrike was heard in Castellón

    On 21 January, a panel discussion was held in the Catalan city of Castellón about the Pit Type prisons, officially named S, R and Y Type prisons. Thus, the voice of the free prisoners was heard also in Castellon. The Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain considers the prison resistance in Turkey to be…

  • International Solidarity chain continued in France

    International Solidarity chain continued in France

    The international solidarity chain, which began on 30 March 2025 with the indefinite hunger strike of the political prisoner Fikret Akar in Turkey, is continuing uninterrupted in various countries. Finally, the chain of solidarity was overtaken by France. A total of eight people from the organisation Supernova, one from Corsica and seven from Marseille, took…

  • Hunger striker Ali Dilmen’s demand was accepted

    Hunger striker Ali Dilmen’s demand was accepted

    In support of Ufuk Keskin, a sick prisoner at Kandira’s F-Type Prison No. 2, political prisoner Ali Dilmen has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 163 days at Kandira’s F Type Prison No. 2. Hüseyin Karaoğlan also started a hunger strike on 14 January in support of their demands. In a video statement on…

  • Solidarity on Day 200 of Zehra Kurtay’s hunger strike

    Solidarity on Day 200 of Zehra Kurtay’s hunger strike

    On the 200th day of Zehra Kurtay’s indefinite hunger strike for her right to residence and political asylum in France, on January 17, people across Europe and even in a few other countries joined a one-day solidarity hunger strike to support her demands. A total of 326 people participated in the hunger strike. Austria: 51…

  • The voices of Turkey’s resisting prisoners were heard in Alicante

    The voices of Turkey’s resisting prisoners were heard in Alicante

    On Saturday, 17 January, a panel discussion was held in Alicante, Spain, on Turkey’s revolutionary prisoners, the Pit Type Prisons, and their resistance against them.  The Communist Party of the Peoples of Spain is following the resistance of Turkey’s prisoners with interest.  To obtain first-hand information, they invited the wife of a prisoner who went…

  • The voices of prisoners in Turkey were heard in Bilbao

    The voices of prisoners in Turkey were heard in Bilbao

    On 16 January, Bultza organised a panel discussion in Bilbao, in  the Basque Country, on the subject of political prisoners.Two speakers were invited. First to speak was the spokesperson for Tinko, an independent anti-repression organisation that aims to achieve full amnesty. She spoke first. In her speech, she assessed the anti-terrorism law and its impact…

  • Solidarity campaign with the resistance in pit-type prisons continues

    Solidarity campaign with the resistance in pit-type prisons continues

    Solidarity photo campaign: To mark the 290th day of Ayberk Demirdögen and the 150th day of Tahsin Sağaltıcı, solidarity pictures were taken in different countries of Europe on December 26. As well as taking symbolic photos in front of Christmas trees, letters and postcards were sent to prisoners on hunger strike. The Solidarity Committee with…

  • New victories in the resistance to Turkey’s prison isolation system

    New victories in the resistance to Turkey’s prison isolation system

    TAYAD Press Statement: In the resistance to pit-type prisons, our children Ayberk Demirdögen (on the 290th day of his hunger strike), Ulas Inci (on the 78th day of his hunger strike) and Nazim Şafak Korkmaz (on the 68th day of his hunger strike) ended their resistance with victory. They won through resistance. Those who resist…

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