The Prison Commission of Turkey’s Human Rights Association’s (İHD) İstanbul Branch warned over the conditions of political prisoners Ergin Aktaş, Dicle Bozan, Yusuf Bulut and Ehmedi Xami, who are on hunger strike since April 20 in İzmir’s Menemen R Type Prison.
Mehmet Acettin, a member of the İHD Istanbul Prison Commission, made a press statement on behalf of the Commission and said that “Ergin Aktaş has one arm only to the elbow, and he doesn’t have the other hand. In addition, patients with COPD are kept in single-cell after the implementation of the state of emergency (OHAL) despite reports saying they should not be left alone.”
Acettin has continued to say that “Dicle Bozan, has no leg and wounds on the other and on the intestine. In addition, he required surgery in the intestines, but the operation has not been performed. Yusuf Bulut, born in 1950, is suffering from bowel cancer and is bound to a bed. Ehmedi Xami, born in 2000 is paralyzed and bound to a wheelchair.”
“Surgery and medical attention must be secured. Prison conditions must be improved. Long waiting times for medical tests must be shortened,” said Acettin and added that “We ask for these demands to be met in order to prevent the further deterioration of the health condition of these prisoners, whose lives are at risk.”
Speaking at the press conference lawyer Gülizar Tuncer also said that Menemen R Type Prison did not meet the needs of the prisoners, and that in fact sick prisoners face unbearable conditions.
“We know that systematic torture is common in prisons. These four seriously sick prisoners have not been given the necessary care. They have even been refused to transfer to better equipped prisons. And they have embarked on a indefinite hunger strike, risking their lives every passing day.”
Ergin Aktaş, Yusuf Bulut (68) and Northern Syrian Dicle Bozan and Ehmedê Xemî (18) have been continuing their hunger strikes they started on April 20 due to the restrictions on their rights and the discriminatory practices they have faced.
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