News Center- On November 27, political prisoners in more than 100 prisons in Turkey initiated a hunger strike demanding “freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a resolution to the Kurdish question.” Şakran Women’s Closed Prison in Izmir is one of these prisons.

According to the reports on the situation of hunger strikers, political prisoners in Şakran Women’s Closed Prison have been subjected to more pressures and rights violations since the hunger strike started in the prison. The reports reveal that wardens often raid wards, search wards and confiscate personal belongings of political prisoners. In a phone call, Kübra Filiz, one of the political prisoners in the prison, told her sister Elif Filiz that they were subjected to more rights violations.

‘The pressures increased even more’

“My sister went on a 10-day alternating hunger strike. She told me that the pressures increased even more after they started the hunger strike. The prison administration uses psychological pressure to intimidate them,” said Elif Filiz.

 ‘Their demands must be met’

Expressing her concerns about political prisoners, Elif Filiz said, “Their freedom was taken away from them when they were arrested. They are subjected to rights violations in prison. The pressures on prisoners must end now and their demands must be met.”