Kurdish politicians support hunger strike of imprisoned HDP MP A group of Kurdish politicians and HDP deputies start a two-day symbolic hunger strike in solidarity with imprisoned Kurdish politician Leyla Güven. Güven, who has been held in a Diyarbakir prison since January on terror-related charges, announced on November 7th that she had begun an indefinite hunger strike "to protest the isolation practices against the (jailed) Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and political prisoners." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES