Reduced number of inmates continue hunger strike

The number of hunger strikers in penal institutions has reduced. According to the Ministry of Corrections and Legal Assistance, on December 28 at 12 pm, only 97 inmates continue their hunger strike.

The prisoners demand  the  establishment of the Commission on Miscarriages of Justice and the individual study of their cases.

Last month, citing financial reasons, the government had decided to delay the launch of a commission to look into alleged miscarriages of justice cases which became the reason for up to 1000 prisoners to start a hunger strike.