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Latest hopeful news from Gürkan Türkoglu
It has been reported that there have been positive developments in the health condition of Gürkan Türkoglu, who was forcibly intervened upon on the 265th day of his indefinite hunger strike in protest against solitary confinement (in pit-type prisons) and has been struggling for his life in intensive care for approximately 50 days. Gürkan Türkoglu,…
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Message from Lonko Facundo Jones Huala
We share a message from Mapuche activist Lonko Facundo Jones Huala, a political prisoner held by the Argentine State in the maximum-security prison, Unit 6, in Rawson, who, together with all those supporting him, to secure his transfer to Unit 14 in Esquel, which was one of his demands. For this, he undertook a hunger…
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Campaign for former hunger strikers Hüseyin and Tahsin
TAHSIN SAGALTICI AND HÜSEYIN ÖZEN IS4PP has recently organised various campaigns in support of political prisoners on hunger strike for their basic rights, or who are in urgent need of support due to their poor conditions. The campaign also involves showing solidarity with Tahsin Sagaltici and Hüseyin Özen. They won their battle of resistance alongside…
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Campaign for sick prisoner Irfan Yilmaz
While the resistance of political prisoners in Turkey to systematic isolation torture is supported on international level with various solidarity actions and protests, there is also a campaign continuing for the rights and the freedom for political prisoner Irfan Yilmaz who suffers from serious health problems with a disability rating of 96%.disabled 96 per cent.…
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Hopeful news from Gürkan Türkoglu
Gürkan Türkoglu was force fed one day before his demands to be transferred to prison without isolation torture were recognised by the Minister of Justice, after resisting brutal isolation politics in Turkey’s “pit-type” (high security) prisons with a hunger strike for 266 days. His two comrades, Hüseyin Özen and Tahsin Sagaltici, were transferred to another…
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Letter from Turkey’s imprisoned artist to Pablo Hasel
Tekirdağ, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Hello dear Pablo, I’m writing to you with the excitement of 1 May, which we celebrated just a few days ago.I’m writing to you from Tekirdağ in Turkey, from a solitary confinement prison known as a Type F facility. This place consists of cells that can hold no more than…
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Article: Urgent Actions Required
TURKEY- GÜRKAN TÜRKOĞLU was recently on a long-term hunger strike protesting the isolation imposed in pit-type prisons. During this period, prison authorities subjected him to the torture of force-feeding. As a result, he has been in a coma since 20th of April 2026.As if this were not enough, he has also been handcuffed to his…
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ONGOING RESISTANCE TO ISOLATION TORTURE IN TURKEY
FOURTY ONE VICTORIES WERE ACHIEVED OVER THE PIT-TYPE ISOLATION PRISONS (HIGH SECURITY OR TYPE S AND Y PRISONS) Gürkan Türkoglu, a political prisoner, continues to battle for his life in the intensive care unit of Antalya’s city hospital. Despite he has been in coma for a month and can not breathe without intubation, he is…
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FROM TURKEY TO UKRAINE: CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUES BETWEEN POLITICAL PRISONERS FIKRET AKAR AND THE KONONOVICH BROTHERS
Share We are publishing a letter from Fikret Akar, a political prisoner from Turkey, who achieved victory in the resistance by hunger strike and was transferred from a pit-type prison to a non-isolation type prison, to Ukrainian political prisoners, anti-fascists and communists Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich. Tekirdağ, Tuesday 5 May 2026 Dear Mikhail Kononovich, dear…
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THE LETTER OF 96% DISABLED POLITICAL PRISONER IRFAN YILMAZ
People Can Live Without Arms or Legs. Without Speech, Sight, or Hearing Too.But Never Without Dignity…” A Letter from İrfan Yılmaz, Diagnosed with Cerebellar Syndrome and Holding a 96% Disability Report,to the public, journalists, intellectuals, and artists. Hello, First of all, I send you my greetings and warm regards. I wish you success in your…
