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• KCDK-E issued urgent call as Leyla Güven’s health worsens 

  "Leyla Güven's health condition is critical. Her life is in danger. No one should stay at home: we must take to the streets", said the KCDK-E.
• Sign the petition for Leyla Güven 

  As Leyla Güven reached her 72nd day of hunger strike, actions to support her and her demand to end isolation in Imrali multiply around the world.
• IHD executive: To be alive doesn’t mean to enjoy rights 

  Gülseren Yoleri, Human Rights Association (IHD) Istanbul Branch President, told ANF the short visit to Imralı was a way to spread confusion among activists on hunger strike.
• 239 prisoners on indefinite hunger strike against isolation 

  At least 239 prisoners are on indefinite and non-alternate hunger strike in Turkey and North Kurdistan prisons against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Asrin Law Office: The isolation continues in Imrali 

  Asrin Law Office pointed out that the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan continues and stressed that the CPT and ECHR have contributed to its deepening.
• HRW reports continued human rights violations in Turkey 

  The suspension of local democracy continued as the government maintained control of 94 municipalities won in the 2014 local elections by the HDP’s sister party, the Democratic Regions Party, said the HRW World Report 2019.
• Six more prisoners on indefinite hunger strike against isolation 

  Six more prisoners have joined the growing hunger strike action in prisons.
• 781st appeal to visit Ocalan rejected 

  Turkish authorities continue to ban communication with Abdullah Öcalan as part of an aggravated isolation policy.
• Hunger Strike Prison Initiative: Action needed now 

  "Leyla Güven - said Gergerlioğlu - has raised her voice not for her mandate but to demand the end of isolation. She is in pursuit of an extremely honorable demand: peace and and honourable life for the people of this land."
• Italian lawyers: Hunger strike to continue until isolation lifted 

  Two Italian lawyers were part of the MEP and human rights defenders delegation prevented from visiting Leyla Güven in Amed.
• Prisoners in Van to continue their hunger strike 

  Prisoners in Van stated that their hunger strike will continue until the isolation on Öcalan is totally lifted.
• IHD shared information on Leyla Güven’s health 

  Human Rights Association (İHD) co-chair said they were not allowed to see and talk to Leyla Güven.
• Prisoners: Isolation continues, we continue the hunger strike 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish prisons are continuing their hunger strike against the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Many violations against prisoners on hunger strike 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners are on hunger strike demanding the end of the isolation regime imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Sit-in for ill prisoners blocked by Istanbul police 

  “In order to avoid new deaths in prisons, new ill prisoners, isolation has to be removed, the demands of prisoners should be met and steps should be taken to resolve problems.”
• Saturday Mothers met for the 720th time 

  The Saturday Mothers got together for the 720th time to demand justice and the truth for those who disappeared while in state forces custody.
• Lawyer Çelik: Situation in prisons worsening 

  Lawyer Çelik spoke of the hunger strike in prisons and of the continued rights violations.
• Prisoners on hunger strike in Trabzon placed in cell 

  Repression against political prisoners who are on hunger strike demanding an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, continues.
• Platform to monitor prisons formed in Amed 

  The Amed Bar Association, IHD, OHD, Chamber of Medicine and TIHV have formed a platform for the hunger strikes.
• At least 156 prisoners on indefinite hunger strike 

  The number of prisoners who went on indefinite and non-alternate hunger strikes to protest the isolation imposed upon Abdullah Ocalan has risen to at least 156. 
• In prison despite suffering from schizophrenia, bipolar disorder 

  Activists drew attention to seriously ill prisoner Uğur Selman Kelekçiler.
• Murdered journalist Göktepe remembered in Izmir 

  IHD Izmir Branch made a press conference in front of the Prime Minister's Office in Konak demanding justice and truth for the disappeared people.
• Relatives of the Disappeared commended Leyla Güven 

  The search for justice continues for the victims of unidentified murders.
• Four thousand children are imprisoned in Turkey 

  Emin Çoban, director of the Children's Rights Center in the Amed Bar Association, announced that nearly 4,000 children are in prison in Turkey, of whom 170 are refugees and around 700 are under the age of six.
• Saturday Mothers laid red carnations in Galatasaray Square 

  "This square is where we unite with our disappeared relatives. It is the conscience of this country. We will not leave this square.”