The number of prisoners on hunger strike in Urfa rose to 30

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URFA - 11 more prisoners participated in the hunger strike launched on August 8 against rights violations in Urfa No. 1 Type T Prison, thus increasing the number of prisoners in the action to 30.
 
The hunger strike against rights violations is spreading in Urfa No. 1 Type T Closed Prison. 11 prisoners joined the strike, which was previously held by 19 prisoners. In a weekly phone call with their families, the prisoners announced that 11 prisoners had joined the protest as of August 22.
 
On August 15, 9 more prisoners participated in the hunger strike that was started by 10 prisoners in the prison on August 8. With the last group, the number of prisoners on hunger strike rose to 30.
 
BACKGROUND
 
10 prisoners in Urfa No. 1 Type T Closed Prison started a hunger strike against oppression and rights violations on August 8. Stating that they will continue their protests until their demands are met, the prisoners in the first group demanded that the arbitrary approaches and usurpation of rights by the prison prosecutor and director should be stopped.
 
The Association for Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD), Human Rights Association (İHD), Urfa Bar Association, Urfa Medical Chamber and Health and Social Service Workers' Union (SES) formed a committee to monitor the hunger strike. The committee formed wanted to talk to the prison director about the problems experienced in the prison on August 13, but the director refused to meet. On August 15, 9 more people joined the prisoners in action. The delegation formed to follow the hunger strikes will visit the prisoners again in the coming days.
 
NAMES OF THE PRISONERS
 
The names of prisoners at the first group who started the hunger strike are as the follows: "İdris Durak, Emin Çetindaş, Ömer Aslan, Suat Berlik, Selami Çiftçi, Mazlum Doğan Tanış, Şervan Muhammed, Emin Korkmaz, Lokman Ayebe and Abdulselam Demir.
 
The names of prisoners who joined the hunger strike on August 15 are as follows: "“Keleş Celal, Oğur Faikoğlu, Mustafa Müslüm, Haşim Arslan, Cuma İbrahim, Kenan Doğan, Mahmut Tutal, Ferit Ak ve Abdulkadir Budak.” The names of the last group members are as follows: “İsmail Kaya, Sezer Durak, Kadri Demir, Serdar Aktaş, Erkan Alcu, Fadıl Tokay, Ömer Arslan, Ali Ulutaş, Mehmet Engü, Sinan Çelik, Zekeriya Elmahmut."
 

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