Prison hunger strike claims 23rd victim

The death toll from Turkey’s prison hunger strike has reached 23 after a former inmate died after a six-month fast to protest a new maximum security prison system.

Prison hunger strike claims 23rd victim

The death toll from Turkey’s prison hunger strike has reached 23 after a former inmate died after a six-month fast to protest a new maximum security prison system.

Ugur Turkmen, a member of the banned Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party-Front, died late last night at his home in the southern city of Mersin, the prisoners solidarity group Ozgur Tayad said today.

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