Burcu Çelik
Court issues fifth prison sentence for former HDP co-leader Yüksekdağ
Former co-leader of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Figen Yüksekdağ, who was stripped of her status in parliament in February 2017, has been given another prison sentence in two other cases this week.
Jailed HDP co-chair Demirtaş announces hunger strike with HDP MP
Selahattin Demirtaş, the jailed co-chair of the Kurdish issue-focused Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), will start a hunger strike on March 31 to protest "inhumane treatment," along with jailed HDP deputy Abdullah Zeydan.
Last week, HDP Siirt deputy Besime Konca started a hunger strike in the Kandıra Prison.