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<p>The Government most recently raised the issue of the ongoing hunger strikes protesting
the conditions of Abdullah Ocalan's imprisonment with Turkish authorities on 13 May.
While robustly condemning the ongoing violence perpetrated by the PKK (Kurdistan Workers'
Party), we encourage Turkey to implement the recommendations of the report on Mr Ocalan's
imprisonment produced by the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture
and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. In this regard we welcome the fact
that Mr Ocalan was granted access to two lawyers on 2 May.</p><p>We also note the
comments made by those lawyers in a subsequent press conference, that Mr Ocalan advised
against his supporters continuing these hunger strikers to the point that it threatens
their health . We continue to urge Turkey to uphold the human rights of detainees,
including access to medical treatment where necessary.</p>
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