DİYARBAKIR - Six political prisoners in Elazığ Prison No. 2 continue their hunger strike against the discomfort caused by the judicial prison and the insensitivity of the administration to the issue. 

 

The administration of Prison No. 2 in Elazığ put Hanefi Şanda, a judicial prisoner who has severe psychological problems and uses 8 different antidepressants a day, in the ward where political prisoners are held. Political prisoners went on an indefinite alternating hunger strike on January 10, against Şanda, who could not take care of herself, could not meet her needs, and harmed those in the ward, against stopping the execution or placing her in their own wards instead of being transferred to a hospital. Mahsun Sarp, Abuzer Doymaz, Mesut Yaşasin, Savaş Geçirgen, Kendal Barut and Mehmet Siyaç Dinç took part in the first group of the hunger strike.

 

THREAT FROM THE MASTER GUARDIAN

 

The prisoners reached the MED Federation of Legal and Solidarity Associations of Prisoners and Convicts Families (MED TUHAD-FED) and noted that they did not take Şanda from the ward despite all the objections of the prison and Mahsun Sarp, one of the prisoners who objected to this, was beaten by the guards.

 

The MED TUHAD-FED administration, which examined the complaints from the prisoners on the spot, observed that Şanda harmed political prisoners in the wards where she was placed. The prisoners interviewed by the association management made the following complaints: " Hanefi Şanda was placed in the ward of prisoners Mahsun Sarp and Ercan Adlım on January 10, 2023, at around 14.20. Şanda, who has severe psychological disorders, damages things. He does not eat, go to toilet and bathroom. They don't have habits like common living spaces. He has changed 20 rooms so far. We demanded either that Şanda be sent to the hospital or that his execution be stopped, but our demands were rejected by saying "We cannot take this to any place. If we take it to other judicial offices, they will rape it. There was an argument by the prison administration with the political prisoners Mahsun Sarp and Ercan Adlım; thereupon, a group of prison guards, including the chief guards, threatened, saying, 'We are the state, you will do whatever we say."

 

THE PRISONER WAS BEATEN FOR 20 MINUTES 

 

Stating that Mahsun Sarp was beaten for about 20 minutes by the guards and that prisoner Ercan Adlım, who is 69 years old, witnessed this incident, the prisoner said: “Mahsun Sarp's shirt was covered in blood. He is experiencing constant dizziness due to this event. The health workers in the infirmary said that he doesn't know if he made these marks, and Sarp's transfer to the hospital was prevented. Sarp, who was insulted by the prison guards, filed a criminal complaint against those concerned. During the meeting with Sarp, it was observed that he was taken to the infirmary 24 hours after he was beaten, and that he was insulted at all stages."

 

On the other hand, it was learned that political prisoners in prison applied to the Ministry of Justice with a petition for the treatment of Hanefi Sanda or for the suspension of his execution.