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Aytac Unsal (left) and (right) Ebru Timtik
HUNGER-STRIKING lawyer Aytac Unsal has compared his treatment by the Turkish authorities to that inflicted on Palestinian political prisoners by the Israeli state.
He has been on hunger strike for more than 200 days as has fellow lawyer Ebru Timtik, who is seriously unwell after 230 days without food.
The pair are demanding a fair trial, having been jailed in March following a highly politicised and flawed process which heard testimony from an unreliable police informer and anonymous witnesses.
CLAUDIA WEBBE looks at how Britain’s Nato ally has upped the stakes in its effort to silence domestic dissenting voices
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
