The Hunger Warriors / Scott Anderson.
by Anderson, Scott; Fleishman, Jeffrey; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2002Article 59Human Relations. Publisher: New York Times Magazine, 2001; Knight-Ridder, 2001ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): Human rights -- Turkey | Hunger strikes | Prisoners -- Treatment | Prisons -- TurkeyDDC classification: 050 Summary: THE HUNGER WARRIORS -- "In a nondescript neighborhood in Istanbul, dozens of young women and men are starving themselves to death to protest the Turkish government's prison policies. The government isn't paying any attention. So far, 40 hunger strikers have died." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article examines the young men and women who are dying on hunger strikes to protest prison policies in Turkey.Summary: TURKEY'S NEW PRISONS DRAWING A NEW OUTCRY -- "Levent Oktay is one of more than 700 political prisoners staging hunger strikes to protest the harsh conditions in Turkey's prisons...since the hunger strikes began six months ago [October 2000], 24 people--including 21 inmates and three relatives and activists who fasted in sympathy--have died. The protests are aimed at Turkey's new prisons, which keep political dissidents locked in isolation." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article describes the hunger strikes being held by prisoners in Turkey to protest conditions in mewly built prisons.
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This MARC record contains two articles.
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.
Originally Published: The Hunger Warriors, Oct. 21, 2001; pp. 42+.
Originally Published: Turkey's New Prisons Drawing a New Outcry, May 16, 2001; pp. n.p..
THE HUNGER WARRIORS -- "In a nondescript neighborhood in Istanbul, dozens of young women and men are starving themselves to death to protest the Turkish government's prison policies. The government isn't paying any attention. So far, 40 hunger strikers have died." (NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE) This article examines the young men and women who are dying on hunger strikes to protest prison policies in Turkey.
TURKEY'S NEW PRISONS DRAWING A NEW OUTCRY -- "Levent Oktay is one of more than 700 political prisoners staging hunger strikes to protest the harsh conditions in Turkey's prisons...since the hunger strikes began six months ago [October 2000], 24 people--including 21 inmates and three relatives and activists who fasted in sympathy--have died. The protests are aimed at Turkey's new prisons, which keep political dissidents locked in isolation." (PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER) This article describes the hunger strikes being held by prisoners in Turkey to protest conditions in mewly built prisons.
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