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SERKAN ONUR YILMAZ’ HEALTH CONDITION IS DETERIORATING AND EXTREMELY SERIOUS: Following report of fellow prisoner Nurettin Kaya was shared during a phone call with TAYAD regarding Serkan’s latest health situation: (shared today) “- Apart from the pains I mentioned last week, now wounds had started to form on his body. – The wounds on his…

ANKARA – 15.09.2025: Members of TAYAD (Solidarity Association of Prisoners’ Families) left a symbolic coffin in front of the Ministry of Justice for Serkan Onur Yılmaz, on day 309 of his death fast resistance. #KuyuTipiHapishanelerKapatılsın The TAYAD members who left the symbolic coffin yesterday, were arrested from their houses in the middle of the night.…

This is the 4th video message in the last 4 days to express concern and protest regarding the communication ban imposed on political prisoner Fikret Akar. Today a video message was received from Austria in protest against the communication ban and type S,R,Y- and High Security isolation prisons. It is stressed that this communication ban…

The solidarity actions and campaign for the political prisoners on indefinite hunger strike and death fast also continues in Austria. Today, September 15, 14 post cards were sent to the political prisoners on hunger strike/death fast against S,R,Y and “high security” isolation prisons by the Resistance Council in Austria. Further the letter campaign to inform…

Another video was published from a comrade in Belarus to demand the end of the communication ban against political prisoner on indefinite hunger strike, Fikret Akar. The message that should reach the responsible authorities in Turkey: “Political prisoner Fikret Akar has got a communication ban until October 8. We will not allow you to silence…

As already announced yesterday, a one month lasting communication ban was imposed on hunger strike resister Fikret Akar by the administration of Bolu High Security Prison, which should be in force until October 8. This means that no communication can be established to him until the 194th day of his hungerstrike. This measure is not…

The solidarity with the death fast and hunger strike resistance of revolutionary prisoners in Turkey is growing with every day. The isolation prisons in Turkey, named as pit-type prisons, which are used as mechanisms of torture and long-term punishment towards political revolutionary prisoners, have led to reactions in dozens of countries. The hunger resistance to…

On September 12, 2025, a solidarity action with the prisoners resisting through death fasts and indefinite hunger strikes took place in front of the Turkish Embassy in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, between 3:00 PM and 4:00 PM. In order to draw attention to Serkan Onur Yilmaz’s critical situation and urge the Turkish government to…

In Athens, members of the People’s Front Greece continue with regular protests in front of the Turkish embassy. On September 12, another rally was held against the S, R and Y type prisons. In a statement that was read during the action, the death fast resistance of Serkan Onur Yilmaz was explained in Turkish, Greek…

Fikret Akar is on the 166th day of his indefinite hunger strike for the closure of S, R,Y prisons (pit prisons) or high-security prisons and his transfer to a prison with humane standards from Karatepe high-security prison, an isolation prison of this kind, to which he was arbitrarily transferred on February 1, 2025. He is…