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Kurds come together to support the
continuing hunger strike by prisoners in Syria
23.11.2009
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November
23, 2009
LONDON, — Kurdish political prisoners in Adra
Prison and Sednaya Military Prison, Damascus, Syria
continue a
hunger strike
that they began on 30 October 2009 to protest about
the conditions under which they are being detained.
They are striking for:
• a fair trial
• an end to solitary detention in prison
• to be allowed to leave the prison yard
• to receive visits from parents, and relatives
• and to have access to the media, including radio
and television bulletins to give them the same
conditions as are available to criminal prisoners.
The families of the hunger strikers in the prison
are outside the prison waiting to see the men, but
they are not allowed access to them. According to
MAD,www.ekurd.netfive
of the hunger striking prisoners were expected in
Court on 17 November 2009 but were not produced
because of the hunger strike. Their cases were
adjourned to 12 December 2009.
Their names are:
■Monther Abdulfattah Rasho
■Ciwan Mohammed Ahmed
■Hassan Khalid Qudo
■Khalil Feedee Dahli
■and Manan Ahmed Sido |
On 19 November, Kurds came together outside the
Syrian Embassy, London
On 16 November, Kurds gathered in front of the
Syrian Embassy in Brussels. |
Kurds in Europe are
staging hunger strikes in support of the prisoners
in Syria, and to support their aims.
Some of the activities:
■For two days beginning on 14 November 2009, members
and supporters of PYD went on hunger strike in the
Kurdish Institute in Brussels. They were joined by
Kurdistan Society Organisation Leading Committee
Member – Zuber Aidar, and a representative of the
Democratic Society Party in Europe DTP – Fyek
Yekzayi, also visited the hunger strikers in
Brussels;
■In Aachen, Germany on 14 November 2009 a group of
writers, journalists and intellectuals from the
media held a hunger strike for one day;
■On 15 November the Kurdish Yekiti Party in Syria
made a statement in solidarity with the strikers;
■On 16 November, Kurds gathered infront of the
Syrian Embassy in Brussels;
■On 18 November, members of PYD and Kurdistan
National Congress [KNK] met European officials and
Belgian government representatives in Brussels.
Rainer Heider, the German writer was with them;
■On 19 November, Kurds came together outside the
Syrian Embassy, London;
■In Geneva, Switzerland on 20 November 2009 there
was a hunger strike in front of the UN building.
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