DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: A Turkish court on Friday ordered the supervised release of a detained lawmaker from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) who is seriously ill as a result of her 11-week hunger strike.
Leyla Guven, 55, who launched a hunger strike on November 8 in protest at the prison conditions for Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, will be monitored during her release on orders of the court in Diyarbakir in the Kurdish majority southeast.
Turkey court orders release of hunger striking Kurdish MP
Updated 25 January 2019
Turkey court orders release of hunger striking Kurdish MP
- Leyla Guven will be monitored during her release on orders of the court in Diyarbakir
- Guven launched a hunger strike on Nov. 8 in protest at the prison conditions for Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan
