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…

Also during the weekend of 28–29 March, hundreds of people showed their support for the political prisoners on indefinite hunger strike in Turkey by taking part in a one-day solidarity hunger strike and by sending emails to the Turkish Ministry of Justice and the high-security prison in Antalya. A total of 438 people in various…

On March 25, up to 50 E-Mails were addressed to the ministry of Justice in Turkey, as well as to the prison administration of Antalya High Security Prison, where 3 political prisoners recently continue their indefinite hunger strike against isolation torture for more than 200 days. In the messages to the Turkish authorities, the immediate…

The International Solidarity Chain was initiated on March 30, 2025 in support of political prisoners in Turkey who resist with indefinite hunger strikes to S, R and Y type isolation prisons. The chain has been continuing until today without interruption by supporters of the campaign in different countries of Europe. Paris took over the solidarity…

PROTESTS IN SUPPORT OF UKRAINIAN POLITICAL PRISONERS, THE KONONOVICH BROTHERS, ARE TAKING PLACE ACROSS EUROPE Coordinated protests are taking place across Europe in support of the political prisoners, the Kononovich brothers, who are being threatened with reprisals by the Ukrainian fascist regime. Demonstrations have been held in Frankfurt am Main, Madrid, London, Prague, Paris and…