Two Turkish Prisoners Die in Protest
7 November 2001
AP
ANKARA - Two prisoners died Wednesday after setting themselves ablaze
to protest a police raid that killed four of their friends, their lawyer
said.
The two inmates set themselves on fire in prisons in northwest Turkey,
hours after a police raid Monday on an Istanbul house where protesters
had been fasting, lawyer Behic Asci said. Both men died in Istanbul
hospitals early Wednesday.
The two were members of the banned Revolutionary People's Liberation
Party-Front, or DHKP-C, and had recently joined the hunger strike, Asci
said.
Two other prisoners had also attempted to immolate themselves but were
not in life-threatening condition, Asci said.
Leftists say police fatally shot four protesters in the raid.
Information from TAYAD
In order to protest the Armutlu massacre, political prisoners, Kemal Ayhan and Nail Cavus (Tekirdag F-type prison), Eyup Samur (Kandira F-type prison) and Muharrem Cetinkaya (Sincan F-type prison) sacrificed themselves by setting their bodies alight.
They were badly injured and taken to hospital. Their situation is critical.
IN ORDER TO PROTEST THE ARMUTLU MASSACRE, TWO POLITICAL PRISONERS SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES THROUGH SETTING THEMSELVES ALIGHT
The political prisoners who have no weapons but their own bodies carried out a Sacrificial Action in F-type cells (segregation units) in order to protest the Armutlu massacre on November 5.
Two Death Fast Fourth team of volunteers, Nail Cavus, who was currently in Tekirdag F-type prison and Eyup Samur, from Kandira F-type prison have lost their lives.
They were buried yesterday.
CLOSE THE ISOLATION CELLS!
LONG LIVE OUR DEATH FAST RESISTANCE!
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