DEATH FAST IN TURKISH PRISONS

[DHKC]

TO THE PRESS AND PUBLIC OPINION 34th DAY OF DEATH FAST IN TURKEY'S PRISONS DHKP-C, TKP(ML) AND TKIP PRISONERS, WHO HAVE BEEN ON INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE SINCE OCTOBER 20, TURNED THEIR PROTEST INTO A DEATH FAST FROM SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18 (THE 30TH DAY). The fascist state started attacks aimed at putting the revolutionary prisoners in the "F" Type cell prisons, and it is continuing the smear campaigns and demagogy it started at the beginning of the Indefinite Hunger Strike action. What they are saying now is not very different from what they have been saying for months past. The fascist state openly declared that it would not abandon the isolation cells. Everybody has spoken. Everybody has said something. Some have come out against the isolation cells, while others have spoken in favour of them and will continue to do so. The time has now come for the Free Prisoners to speak a word.   They are resolute, will pay whatever price needs to be paid, but they will not go into the cells and will break them over the heads of those who ordered their construction. Because the prisoners are the heirs to an honourable history. Comrades like them have given martyrs but not abandoned their beliefs. At Ulucanlar, rather than surrender they preferred to die, and in the 1996 Death Fast, by submitting their bodies to hunger they forced the enemy to give in while imparting confidence to their friends with their heroism and honesty. Today nothing will occur that will alter this picture, and once again imperialism and its collaborationist servants will receive a response in a language they understand.   Our friends who live in European countries also have work to do. Now as before, if you want to be released from your bitterness, if you want to demand a reckoning from the fascist state, if you defend an honourable life and do not want our people to be oppressed, scorned and exploited; you who had to come to these countries must also support the resistance of the revolutionary prisoners to the Susurluk state. You can participate in marches, protest demonstrations and hunger strikes. You can write protest letters to the fascist state, make telephone calls and send fax and e-mail messages. It is absolutely certain that there are things you can do.   THE PRISONERS' DEMANDS ARE OUR DEMANDS! � The immediate closure of the "F" Type prisons! � The restoration of all the rights in the prisons that have been taken away! � The abolition of the Anti-Terror Law! � The cancellation of the Tripartite Protocol! � The abolition of the State Security Courts, and the cancelling of all verdicts issued by the State Security Courts! � Put on trial those responsible for torture and massacres! PUT AN END TO THE ATTACKS AIMED AT IMPLEMENTING THE ISOLATION CELLS; CLOSE THE "F" TYPE PRISONS! WE WILL WIN! DOWN WITH FASCISM, LONG LIVE OUR STRUGGLE! WE WILL DIE BUT WE WILL NOT GO INTO THE CELLS! LONG LIVE OUR DEATH FAST RESISTANCE!   THE REVOLUTIONARY PRISONERS ARE NOT ALONE! We, to support the Indefinite Hunger Strike by revolutionary prisoners in Turkey which has been going on since October 20, have started an Indefinite Hunger Strike since November 5th, 2000. Our Indefinite Hunger Strike resistance continues at our Information Bureau, Rue Belliard 197/Bte. 8, 1040 Etterbeek (Brussels)  Tel: 02/280.22.28  Fax: 02/280.22.29  E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Internet: http://www.dhkc.org   ________________________________________________________________________ ANNOUNCEMENT: On Friday December 1, 2000, IKM (Committee Of Struggle Against Torture Through Isolation) will organise a demonstration in Brussels against the 'F' Type Prisons and in solidarity with the revolutionary prisoners in Turkey, who will then have reached the 43rd DAY of their Death Fast resistance. We call upon all democratic and anti-fascist forces in Belgium and other countries of Europe to support the legitimate demands of the political prisoners in Turkey and to participate in the demonstration of solidarity. After 40 days of the hunger strike, the prisoners could already be confronted with irreversible health problems.   Date: Friday, December 1, 2000 Place: Place Schuman (Brussels/Council of Europe) Time: 1.30 p.m.     For further questions concerning the hungerstrikes: phone/fax: (++32) (0) 2 230 08 66