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Following is the translation of a letter sent by former hunger srike resister to pit-type prisons in Turkey, Fikret Akar, to political prisoner in Germany, Daniela Klette: Tekirdağ Tuesday, 5th of May, 2026 Dear Daniela Klette I’m sending you greetings and love from all the Free Prisoners at Tekirdağ F-Type Prison. I wanted to write…

Today, 12 May, Kenyan police arrested at least 13 protesters opposing the Africa-France summit, in addition to the five Kenyan student activists arrested yesterday. LIST OF THOSE ARRESTEDMay 11 May 12 The summit was attended by French President Macron, who in recent months has sent hundreds of troops to Kenya in an attempt to establish…

On May 6, 2026, the appeal against the verdict in the case of Özgül Emre and İhsan Cibelik was dismissed. The verdict is now final. Despite a promised transfer to a different detention facility, this has not been carried out. In Cologne-Ossendorf, her personal clothing was confiscated—as a result, Özgül Emre began a hunger strike…

Solidarity was mobilised this weekend for Tugcenur Özbay, a female political prisoner who has been on hunger strike for 100 days to protest against the Sakran prison administration’s degrading imposition of a prisoner ID badge. The 8th of May marked the 100th day of her protest. Since she started her hunger strike, she has dropped…

“Does a person in this country really have to be on hunger strike for 100 days to see their mother?” In Turkey, political prisoner Tugcenur Özbay is approaching the 100th day of her hunger strike against the introduction of prisoner ID cards and the violation of her fundamental rights. The administration of Şakran Prison in…

The Basque prisoner Iñaki Bilbao Goikoetxea, known as Txikito, has begun a hunger strike and has refused all communication after being placed in solitary confinement at Zaballa prison for refusing to remove political symbols, including Basque and Cuban flags, from his cell window. He has been imprisoned for a total of 42 years and was…

Around 40 victories were achieved in Turkey’s pit-like isolation prisons. These ‘high security’ prisons, of types S and Y, are places without fresh air, sunlight or human contact. They were constructed to punish the individual it considers as a threat, that is political prisoners, by keeping them in total isolation in architecture that makes them…

The hunger strike in solidarity with political prisoners in Turkey continues. Three resisters — Tahsin Sagaltici, Hüseyin Özen and Gürkan Türkoglu — won their struggle against a pit-type isolation prison. Gürkan Türkoglu, who underwent forced intervention on the 265th day of his hunger strike, the day before the 3 prisoners defeated isolation, remains at high…

In a brief statement released on 30 April, the People’s Law Office reported that Gürkan Türkoğlu’s condition had deteriorated at around 8:00 am. Gürkan Türkoglu went on an indefinite hunger strike for 265 days to protest against the systematic isolation conditions he and others faced at Antalya’s High Security Prison, and to demand a transfer…

Thanks to solidarity and the struggle, we are pleased to announce that María José Baños has been released yesterday afternoon. As a long-term political prisoner, she suffered from serious health problems. However, her release was delayed for a long time. This victory was only possible thanks to her determination and resilience, the cornerstones of an…