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IMAM SIS has been on hunger strike for 52 days in solidarity with Kurdish MP Leyla Guven as part of a global movement demanding an end to the isolation of jailed Kurdistan Worker’s Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.
He spoke to Steve Sweeney and Mark Campbell.
I am from Elbistan, in Maras (Turkey). I’m 32 years of age and have worked in the hospitality trade for years. I came to the UK in 2004. I moved to Wales in 2014. I’ve been a Kurdish rights activist since I arrived in the UK.
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