From: Press Agency Ozgurluk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:04:39 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: "[Ozgurluk.Org]" Turkey/Hungerstrike: 45 inmates stop taking water with sugar and salt 31 March 2001, Copyright © Turkish Daily News 45 death fasters quit taking water with sugar and salt Serdar Alyamac Izmir - Turkish Daily News At least 45 inmates on death fast have quit drinking water with sugar and salt. Following the hospitalization and force feeding of Sincan Prison inmate Ramazan Cicek, 30 inmates on the death fast in Ankara hospital and 15 inmates on the death fast in Bayrampasa hospital will no longer drink sugar and salt added water. Fatih Surenkok, chairman of the Izmir Chamber of Doctors said that on Friday doctors should have checked the inmates on the death fast, but for some reason they were not permitted to. "These inmates quit taking B1 vitamins. This B1 vitamin was the most important element in keeping them alive. However, some inmates have quit taking water with sugar and salt. This situation will cause the death of these inmates on the death fast within two to five days." He stated that the Justice Ministry didn't take any step to end this event: "The government expect a logical move from these inmates on the death fast. However, nobody can expect these people to take a logical step because their physiological conditions do not allow them to. The government should urgently do something to end this event." According to TAYAD (The Association for the Solidarity of Inmates' Families), some inmates on the death fast were forcibly hospitalized. Five inmates Ulas Goktas, Gursel Akmaz, Tamer Cadirci, Gokhan Ozocak, Kenan Korkankorkmaz in Buca prison were forcibly hospitalized because of their health conditions. Ozgur Gudenoglu in Usak Prison was hospitalized. Ozgul Dede, Alev Yildiz, Fatma Guzel in Women and Child Prison in Istanbul were taken to Bayrampasa hospital. Esma Arslanbogan in Malatya prison was taken to Turgut Ozal Hospital. Gulseren Ozturk, Ayse Bastimur, Fatma Ersoy, Hatice Yazgan in Kutahya prison were taken to Kutahya Hospital. On the other hand, while 30 inmates on the death fast in Kandira F-type prison were hospitalized, Mehmet Zincir in Kandira prison reportedly lost consciousness. -- Press Agency Ozgurluk In Support of the Revolutionary Peoples Liberation Struggle in Turkey http://www.ozgurluk.org DHKC: http://www.ozgurluk.org/dhkc _________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki Phone +358-40-7177941 Fax +358-9-7591081 http://www.kominf.pp.fi General class struggle news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe mails to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Geopolitical news: [EMAIL PROTECTED] subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________
