On 21 July, imprisoned Badinan civil activists from Sheladze, Amjad Yousif, Kovan Tariq, Yousif Sherif, Mahmood Naji and Nechir Badih began a hunger strike in Erbil Adult Prison.
[Community Peacemakers Team /]
FEARS have been raised over the health of hunger-striking political prisoners in Iraqi Kurdistan who authorities are refusing to release despite their having served their sentences.
The so-called Badinan activists include more than 80 journalists, trade unionists and campaigners detained for participation in protests demanding payment of salaries and an end to government corruption.
Community Peacemakers Team Iraqi Kurdistan, who have monitored the court hearings of those detained, urged the Kurdistan Regional Government to release them immediately.
As Palestine Action prisoners go weeks without food, alleging dangerous neglect and detention without trial, campaigners warn that a near-total media blackout is hiding a crisis that could turn fatal – and fuel a growing wave of public anger. ELIZABETH SHORT reports
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
