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Full attention is now necessary for political prisoner Serkan Onur Yilmaz who has been on a death fast for 279 to protest the cruel isolation conditions of his friends still remaining in pit-type prisons, while himself was transferred to Bolu F type prison as a result of his resistance. Once again the observations and words…

BIANET: “Serkan Onur Yılmaz is on the verge of death, his demands must be met” (Original: Serkan Onur Yılmaz ölüm sınırında, talepleri karşılanmalı) The Istanbul Branch Prisons Commission of the Contemporary Lawyers Association (ÇHD) made a press statement for Serkan Onur Yılmaz, who is on a hunger strike demanding the closure of pit-type prisons in Bolu F Type…

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THE USA DEDICATED THEIR TRADITIONAL SUN DANCE CEREMONY TO DEATH FAST RESISTER SERKAN ONUR YILMAZ, AS WELL AS TO PRISONERS WITHOUT FAMILIES AND SICK PRISONERS. American Indians in the United States have dance ceremonies in the summer. These are their religious rituals.  The Native American leading the dance is called the ‘sun dance…

In Athens a gathering was organized in front of the embassy of Turkey today, in order to support the political prisoner Serkan Onur Yilmaz, who is on death fast for 279 days to resist isolation prisons of type S,R and Y (pit-types). In the protest a call was made to join the campaign and to…

On Saturday, 16 August, on the 280th day of Serkan Onur Yılmaz’s Hunger Strike, a discussion will be hold at the Telegram channel of AIF on the pit-type prisons.   One of the speakers will be Şükriye Akar, whose husband has been on a hunger strike for approximately 140 days.   A speaker from TAYAD is also…

On the 13th of August, in various countries of Europe, people of different nationalities joined a 1-day solidarity hunger strike to support the demands of the death fast resister Serkan Onur Yilmaz and other political prisoners on indefinite hungerstrike against “High Security Prisons” and type S, R and Y isolation prisons. Serkan Onur Yilmaz has…

Subject: Urgent Appeal Regarding Human Rights Violations Resulting from the Model of Enhanced Solitary Confinement in Turkish Y-Type and High-Security Prisons Dear Sir or Madam, My name is Şükriye Akar, a German citizen of Turkish origin. I am writing to you with urgency and deep concern regarding ongoing and systemic human rights violations occurring within…

Konstantina Kartsioti launched a 1-day solidarity hunger strike today in Greece, to express support for death fast resister in Turkey Serkan Onur Yilmaz. Serkan Onur Yilmaz has reached his 275th day of hunger resistance which he transformed to a death fast. Together with other revolutionary prisoners on indefinite hunger strike in Turkey, he demands the…

On 13 August another day of solidarity with the indefinite hunger resistance/death fast against pit-type isolation prisons in Turkey will be held. International Solidarity for Political Prisoners calls once again to peoples of different countries to support this action with a 1-day solidarity hunger strike. The voice of the political prisoners who are at risk…