Detainees in Turkey start hunger strike

Isn't it Ramadan anyway?   Oh ... I get it !    These guys won't be eating anything whereas those Ramadan-ing will sleep a lot when not eating and on awaking will gorge themselves until they fall asleep again.    
BTW .... what a difference between the protesters in Turkey and the savages in Egypt, right?  No rapists in the Turkish crowds, that must be  one of the reasons.

From RT:
Around 50 people who were detained   because of the Gezi park protests in Istanbul began a hunger strike on Wednesday, as prosecutors extended their detention period and the death toll from the Gezi Park incidents rose to five, Turkish media reported.

The move by prosecutors was met with strong public reaction, with the Taksim Solidarity Platform and other human rights organizations and unions calling for the detainees’ immediate release, Radikal, a Turkish daily, reported.

The Taksim Solidarity Platform is made up of over 100 nongovernmental organizations.



On July 8, police detained seven members of the Taksim Solidarity Platform, which is made up of over 100 nongovernmental organizations .  Mucella Yapici, who had recently taken part in a delegation which met Prime Minister Erdogan, was among those arrested. Yapici’s residence was also searched by the police. Houses belonging to eight other people with links to the organization were searched, as well.

The Human Rights Association (IHD) called on officials to release members who “were detained while exercising their right to demonstrate.”.............

“The police are trying to intimidate people by detaining Solidarity Platform members. Even the detentions have not sufficed; the police have conducted lengthy searches at the houses of those who were detained,” the IHD said in a statement.

The head of the Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions (DISK), Kani Beko, also spoke out against the detentions, calling them “unlawful” and “unfair.”

“Be it through detentions, arrests or the searches, or the attitude towards organizations like the Chamber of Architects and Engineers (TMMOB), the unlawfulness and unfairness of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government [has been shown],” Beko said.....