PRISONERS ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE IN ERZURUM H TYPE PRISON
Human Rights Association (IHD) Headquarters and Branches have received many applications from arrested and sentenced people who stay in Erzurum H Type Prison in Turkey. These applications are about conditions of the prison. Arrested and sentenced people mention the following problems in their applications generally; the Prison Administration and some guardians' biased and unfair attitude towards them, ill-treatment and threat, not benefiting from common areas, prohibiting from social activities, not allowing to some publications particularly published in other languages (English and Kurdish), not having suitable conditions to their health problems (no dietary food), prohibition on communication in Kurdish with their families, not implementing the Circular 45/1 (about 10 hour communication with other prisoner in a week), not accessing legal aid, and no response to their applications to the Prison administration and the Ministry of Justice.
After such applications, two members of the EC of IHD went to Erzurum H Type Prison to see conditions and have a talk with arrested and sentenced people as well as the Prosecutor of Prison on 25.12.2008. Then the two members prepared a report on the basis of their observations. IHD has made this report public on 06.01.2009. However, the conditions pointed out in the report have worsened rather than become better. As a result, arrested and sentenced people started hunger strike in Erzurum H Type Prison on 23 February 2009.
As prisoners have been on strike for longer than 1 month, their health conditions are getting worse and worse. They might have permanent health problems because of such a long hunger strike.
IHD calls on everyone to do something about this serious issue.
Human Rights Association (IHD) addresses: President, Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and State Minister for Human Rights, Interior Minister, Justice Minister, and Foreign Minister of Turkey.
Human Rights Association (IHD) is a non-governmental and voluntary organization. It has been founded in 1986 and has approximately 10.000 members. IHD is the oldest and biggest human rights organization in Turkey. The philosophy of IHD is carrying out activities on "human rights and freedoms" without any exception and discrimination.
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