Since June 2021, Ecevit Piroğlu, a political activist from Türkiye, has been held unlawfully and arbitrarily in an immigration detention centre in Serbia potentially facing deportation to Türkiye, despite a Serbian court ruling that he could not be extradited. On 12 February, he began a hunger strike in protest of his continued detention at the Padinska Skela detention centre, and stated his intention to continue until he is released. Since then, his health has deteriorated significantly in the absence of adequate medical care. He remains at risk of unlawful return to Türkiye, where he faces a real risk of serious human rights violations. Ecevit Piroğlu must be released immediately.
