TURKEY: The death fast of Behic Asci

August 16, 2006 in Behic Asci, F Type, Hunger Strike, Isolation, Solidarity

In a modest flat in the Istanbul suburb of Sisli, a lawyer named Behic Asci has not eaten for over 120 days. His ongoing hunger strike — or “death fast” — is an act of defiance against unjust laws, a stand of solidarity with hundreds of Turkish political prisoners denied their most basic human rights, and a courageous call for solidarity from human rights supporters around the world. Asci began the death fast on International Lawyer’s Day, April 5, because, he says, he could no longer sit back and watch his clients die. GreenLeft, Simon Cooper & Ruth Riordan, Istanbul