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A German MP joins the Kurdish hunger strike led by Leyla Guven
Die Linke MP Martin Dolzer becomes the first non-Kurdish politician to join the protest

GERMAN MP Martin Dolzer today became the first non-Kurdish politician to join the hunger strike led by Kurdish MP Leyla Guven in Turkey.

The Die Linke deputy for Hamburg said he joined the hunger strike on Sunday night in solidarity with those demanding the end of the isolation against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan.

“The ongoing hunger strike is not to die, but to bring democracy and peace,” he said. “The hunger strike is a scream against this long-lasting injustice.

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