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Terrorism Suspect Dies After Hunger Strike in Sale Prison
Jasper Hamann By Jasper Hamann -
Dec 26, 2020
Rabat –
A terrorism suspect in Sale prison died today after a month and a half-long hunger strike he started in early November. A statement by Morocco’s national prison administration announced that the detainee died at 7am on Saturday morning.
The detainee in question was suspected to be affiliated to international extremist group the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as ISIS or Daesh. He had refused meals at the Sale prison, saying they came from “the tyrant.” The prisoner had announced his hunger strike on November 9 and again on November 13.
On Friday, the terrorism suspect was brought to Ibn Sina University Hospital in Rabat for medical examinations. He was then transferred back to Sale prison, where he died the following morning despite the efforts of the prison’s medical staff. Morocco’s prison authority has informed the public prosecutor and the detainnee’s family of his death.
Jailed Turkish Lawyer on Hunger Strike Dies in Hospital: Firm
By Reuters, Wire Service Content Aug. 27, 2020, at 3:41 p.m.
ISTANBUL (REUTERS) -
A Turkish lawyer who was on hunger strike for 238 days following her conviction last year for membership in a terrorist organisation died on Thursday in an Istanbul hospital, according to her law firm.
The People's Law Office said on Twitter that Ebru Timtik had been striking to demand a fair trial, and that she died after her pulse had stopped earlier in the day.
International lawyers rights groups said that Timtik, sentenced to more than 13 years in prison, and colleague Aytac Unsal began fasting in April "to strengthen their demand for fair trials and the administration of justice in Turkey."
The two lawyers had said they would "persist in their hunger strike even if it leads to their deaths," according to the Aug. 11 statement by the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales, the International Association of Lawyers and others.
An appeal to the March 2019 verdict was rejected in October and a further appeal before Turkey's Supreme Court is pending, the statement said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Richard Chang)