DİYARBAKIR – Represantatives of political parties and NGOs protested the isolation in İmralı and drew attention to the hunger strikes in prisons on the 125th day.

 

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Diyarbakır Provincial Organization wanted to make a statement in front of Koşuyolu Park Human Rights Monument in Bağlar district to draw attention to the hunger strikes that continue on the 125th day. Members and executives of the Free Women's Movement (TJA), Democratic Regions Party (DBP), HDP, Association for Solidarity with Families of Prisoners (TUAY-DER), Mesopotamia Language and Culture Research Association (MED-DER) were surrounded by the police at two different points at the entrance of the park.

 

While the crowd were surrounded, the police announced that they won't allow a press release there. The mass responded to the announcement of the police with the slogan "Bijî berxwedana zindana" (Long live our dungeon resistance).

 

Negotiationg with the  DBP Diyarbakır Provincial Co-chair Mehmet Bakır, the police stated that the press release  will not be allowed because it was against "isolation and hunger strikes".

 

As the group started the sit-in protest after that, the police tried to prevent the journalists from taking photographs or speaking to the crowd.