INTERNATIONAL SOLIDARITY FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS (IS4PP)

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  • Urgent Statement by the Turkish Medical Association

    Urgent Statement by the Turkish Medical Association

    WE CALL ON INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATIONS AND DEFENDERS TO IMMEDIATELY SUPPORT THE DEMANDS OF THE PRISONERS BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE. THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IN TURKEY SHOULD LOUD AND CLEARLY HEAR THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE STRUGGLING FOR HUMAN VALUES. Here’s the translation of a recent statement by the Turkish Medical Law, warning of…

  • Protest against pit-type prisons in Kurdish city Wan

    Protest against pit-type prisons in Kurdish city Wan

    News article translated from Turkish (the original article) https://mezopotamyaajansi43.com/tum-haberler/content/view/290639 Protest to close the ‘pit-type’ prison in Wan WAN- Drawing attention to the violations in the protest held in Wan demanding the closure of “pit-type” prisons, it was demanded to end the policies implemented to intimidate the opposing segments of the society. Under the leadership of…

  • Turkey: Parliamentary Question for Prisoner on Hungerstrike

    Turkey: Parliamentary Question for Prisoner on Hungerstrike

    News article translated from Turkish: (original article) https://www.alevihaberagi.com/54896-dem-parti-milletvekillerinden-aclik-grevindeki-mahpus-icin-soru-onergesi-serkan-onur-yilmazin-yasami-ciddi-tehlikede.html DEM Party MPs’ Parliamentary Question for Prisoner on Hunger Strike: “Serkan Onur Yılmaz’s Life is in Serious Danger” ⌈News Center⌉  DEM Party Şırnak MP Nevroz Uysal Aslan and Dersim MP Ayten Kordu submitted a parliamentary question to the Human Rights Investigation Commission of the Grand National Assembly…

  • 26-27 October – International Action Days: 350 days of death fast

    26-27 October – International Action Days: 350 days of death fast

    THE 350TH DAY OF SERKAN ONUR YILMAZ’S RESISTANCE AGAINST THE “PIT-TYPE” ATTACK WAS SALUTED WITH SOLIDARITY HUNGER STRIKES AND ACTIONS JOINED BY HUNDREDS The solidarity hunger strike, which involved a total of 536 participants, saw the largest turnout from Greece with 182 people. In addition to Western European countries such as Austria, France, the Netherlands,…

  • Paraguay – HUNGER STRIKE BEGINS

    Paraguay – HUNGER STRIKE BEGINS

    Today, 28 October, Paraguayan political prisoners will begin a hunger strike with three fundamental demands: -That Carmen Villalba be allowed to actively participate in the search for her daughter Lichita, who has been missing for five years -An end to the system of torture to which they have been subjected since 12/10/24 -The right to…

  • Solidarity action on the 350th day of Serkan Onur Yilmaz’ death fast

    Solidarity action on the 350th day of Serkan Onur Yilmaz’ death fast

    In Vienna, a solidarity vigil took place on the 26th of October, as part of an international action day for the political prisoner in Turkey, Serkan Onur Yilmaz, whose death fast resistance has reached 350th Days by this date. The action took place at noon in front of the University of Vienna, where many people…

  • Living conditions of political prisoner in Spain

    Living conditions of political prisoner in Spain

    We received news about the living conditions of the communist prisoner María José Baños Andújar, who is seriously ill. Accordingly, María José Baños Andújar, a communist political prisoner (now in her 35th year of imprisonment) held at Murcia II prison, is in critical health due to prolonged and systematic lack of medical care. One of…

  • 26 October: Call for Action and Solidarity

    26 October: Call for Action and Solidarity

    TODAY– on 26 October, Serkan Onur Yılmaz is on hunger strike for 350 days. Ayberk Demirdöğen is on his 330th day of death fast. Fikret Akar is on his 211th day of indefinite hunger strike. To get their demands accepted, let’s send posts on X and Instagram. 26 October – action on X! For saving…

  • Ecuador: Freedom demanded for Gabriela Gallardo

    Ecuador: Freedom demanded for Gabriela Gallardo

    A call and statement reached us from Socorro Rojo Nuestra América (“Red Aid of Our America“) “One year after her arbitrary detention: we demand justice and freedom for Gabriela Gallardo October 19 marked one year since Ecuadorian justice officials decided not to listen. They decided to look the other way in the face of arbitrariness,…

  • Statement of German member of Parliament on hungerstrike in Turkey

    Statement of German member of Parliament on hungerstrike in Turkey

    Hunger strike against solitary confinement in Turkey (Article in the news agency ANF) https://deutsch.anf-news.com/menschenrechte/hungerstreik-gegen-isolationshaft-in-der-turkei-48489 English translation: Several prisoners are on hunger strike against the conditions in Turkish prisons; their health is now extremely critical. Member of the Bundestag Cansu Özdemir criticizes the silence of the German government. In a recent statement, Left Party politician Cansu…

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