The leader of the Kurdish political party HDP Selahattin Demirtas is being held in prison along with the vice-president Figen Yuksekdag for almost two months now. Ten more MPs have being put to prison with them.

The accusation against them is that they are members of PKK. Demirtas is facing a 142 year sentence and Yuksekdag 83 years imprisonment.

They refuse, however, that they have any connection with PKK and they say their prosecution is political because they “dared” to speak up against President Erdogan’s undemocratic methods.