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On April 11, the Anti-Imperialist Front organized its first conference for political prisoners in Paris. The conference, which lasted from morning until evening, brought together numerous organizations from European countries. From outside Europe, OLEP from Mexico shared a video, and Noel Hamrahan, the lawyer for Mumia Abu-Jamal from the United States, participated online. An exhibition…

News article translated from Yeni Yasam https://yeniyasamgazetesi9.com/aclik-grevindeki-tutsaklar-hastanede-4-aile-uyesi-gozaltina-alindi/ Tahsin Sağaltıcı, Gürkan Türkoğlu and Hüseyin Özen, who were on hunger strike at the prison in Antalya, were taken to hospital after their health deteriorated. Police intervened against the families waiting outside the hospital and detained four people. The prisoners on hunger strike at Antalya Döşemealtı High-Security Prison…

Sarıkaya: Forcibly intervening against our friends on hunger strike is murder! INTERVIEW WITH FERDI SARIKAYA by ZEYNEP KURAY, ISTANBUL Wednesday, 15 April 2026 (article translated from ANF News) The forced abduction of Hüseyin Özen, Tahsin Sağaltıcı and Gürkan Türkoğlu – who, along with four fellow prisoners held at Antalya Kuyu Prison, were on an indefinite…

Tahsin Sagaltici, Gurkan Türkoglu for 260 days on indefinite hunger strike and Huseyin Ozen for 230 days on hunger strike were brought to Antalya City Hospital against their will in order to be force feeded. Force feeding is torture! We call the authorities to stop the measure of force feeding torture and to immediately fulfill…

On Saturday 11 April, a large number of people from various countries, including Greece, Belgium, Austria, France, Germany and Great Britain, took part in a one-day solidarity hunger strike in support of political prisoners in Turkey. As of today, Tahsin Sagaltici and Gürkan Türkoglu have been on an indefinite hunger strike for 258 days, and…

Regarding Hüseyin Özen, who is on a hunger strike to demand the fulfillment of his transfer requests from a high-security prison, DEM Party Istanbul Deputy Celal Firat submitted following petition to the Turkish Grand National Assembly’s Human Rights Investigation Commission on April 3, 2026: TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATION COMMISSION Hüseyin ÖZEN…

The campaign in support of prisoners resisting the isolation prisons of S, R and Y in Turkey continues on a weekly basis. In addition to one-day solidarity hunger strikes, people send messages to the Antalya prison administration and the Ministry of Justice to remind them of their responsibility for the prisoners’ lives. Letters are also…

The International Solidarity hunger strike chain, which began on 30 March 2025, has continued ever since political prisoners in Turkey continue resisting isolation torture without interruption. In addition to sporadic collective hunger strikes involving hundreds of people to highlight significant milestones for prisoners on indefinite hunger strike or death fast, dozens of people of different…

Quilleco CaseThe Hunger Strike of Five Mapuche Political Prisoners Under International Scrutiny An international delegation of observers arrived in Temuco (Araucanía Region, Chile) amid growing questions about the Chilean state’s handling of the so-called “Quilleco Case,” a case that has once again brought historical tensions with the Mapuche people to the forefront of public debate.…

PROGRAM OF THE POLITICAL PRISONERS CONFERENCE IN PARIS APRIL 11, 2026 10.50:  OPENING SPEECH by ZEHRA KURTAY (initiated a resistance tent in Paris, made 219 days indefinite hunger strike to protect her political asylum) 11.00-12.30: – Members of the International delegation, who went to Turkey to investigate new isolation prisons of the types S, R…