Inmate dies after 266-day hunger strike demanding transfer from Turkey’s ‘pit-type’ prison

An inmate who had been on a 266-day hunger strike demanding his transfer from one of Turkey’s high security “pit-type” prisons has died at a hospital in Antalya province, according to Turkish media reports.   Gürkan Türkoğlu, an inmate at Antalya Döşemealtı Prison, was taken to Antalya City Hospital on April 13 along with fellow […] The post Inmate dies after 266-day hunger strike demanding transfer from Turkey’s ‘pit-type’ prison appeared first on Stockholm Center for Freedom.

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