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The indefinite hunger strike of Zehra Kurtay for her right to residence in France continues at Porte Strasbourg in St. Denise in Paris. This is one more example of solidarity by Secours Rouge Toulouse who has hung a poster of Zehra during an event against the highway A69. Solidarity for Zehra was also expressed from…

The representative of Belarus at the session of the UN Human Rights Council demanded the immediate release of the brothers Mikhail and Aleksander Kononovich and of all prisoners who have been persecuted by the Ukrainian authorities for expressing their civil position.

The following update was given on the 2nd of July regarding the state of health of political prisoner Mauricio Hernández Norambuena in Chile, who was a fighter against fascism during the military junta of Pinochet. Public statement Today, July 2nd, regarding the state of health of our brother Mauricio Hernández Norambuena, we inform that to…

Again solidarity of the people crosses several borders and seas, reaching out for the resisting prisoners in Turkey. Letters from a Russian sailor to Serkan Onur Yilmaz (today on an indefinite hunger strike for 234 days! against isolation torture in “high security” S, R and Y type prisons) and Mithat Ozturk (today on an indefinite…

After the extradition request to Turkey was refused by a French court, the political refugee Zehra Kurtay continues her struggle as announced with an indefinite hunger strike for her right of residence in Paris. Her indefinite hunger strike will start on the 3rd of July, 2025 with a vigil at Porte Strasbourg in St. Denise.

Mauricio Hernández Norambuena is a former guerrilla fighter and commander of the political-military organization Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, of which he became one of its main leaders. He acquired the nickname “Commander Ramiro”, with which he is still widely known today. Recently, his health is deteriorating and urgent calls for solidarity to get appropriate treatment…

Latest phone conversation with hunger striker Fikret Akar English subtitles

Solidarity with political refugees and solidarity with political prisoners are two issues very close to each other: A person that is restricted its basic rights, the right to movement and residence, is half a prisoner! More and more political refugees and migrants in Europe are under repression, the danger of expulsions and restricted or taken…

Yesterday, on the 89th day of the hungerstrike of political prisoner Fikret Akar, his wife had a phone conversation with him, in which he also informed about his court hearing, the problem not to receive pure Vitamin B1 during his long-term hungerstrike and repeating his demand to shut down the pit-type isolation policy. This is…