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• Italian city of Rende grants honorary citizenship to Abdullah Öcalan 

  The Italian city of Rende has awarded the honorary citizenship to Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP demands information on deputy Gergerlioğlu 

  The HDP Press Office issued a statement on the detention of HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu and his transfer to hospital late on Friday night. "The public should be informed about his health immediately," said the statement.
• Gergerlioğlu taken to hospital after complaining of heart and chest pain 

  HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu was taken to the hospital following his arrest as he suffered from chest and heart pain.
• Families of fallen guerrillas to pay damages 

  The relatives of fallen guerrilla fighters are being attacked by the Turkish state at all levels. In addition to the desecration of corpses and the destruction of graves, the families are being sued by the state for compensation.
• Human Rights Organisation: The hunger strikes in prison enter critical stage 

  Human Rights Association (IHD) Ankara Branch President Fatin Kanat spoke to ANF about the ongoing hunger strikes in prisons demanding the end of isolation in Imrali. Kanat reminded that the hunger strikes, on the 127th day, have reached a critical stage.
• Jailed journalist Nedim Türfent joins the hunger strike against isolation 

  "As all our rights have been suspended, I am going on a 5-day hunger strike to raise a voice against isolation. Ending of isolation will give all of us a breath," said Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent who has been behind bars since May 2016.
• Lawyer Şeker says isolation of Öcalan is a political message 

  “The isolation of Öcalan concerns not only the prisoners on hunger strike but also all of us. It concerns the whole society. All citizens demand justice in Turkey. Therefore, we must all fulfill our responsibilities,” said lawyer Bünyamin Şeker of ÖHD.
• Activists from Stuttgart take over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 458 

  A group of activists from Stuttgart took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on week 458.
• Hunger strikes in prison reach day 125 

  The hunger strike launched in prisons against the Imrali isolation continues on its 125th day. The solidarity hunger strike launched in Maxmur continues on its 104th day and in Greece on its 87st.
• Turkish authorities protect murderers in Şenyaşar case 

  Şenyaşar family's lawyers maintained that the Turkish judiciary and institutions acted in favour of the murderers.
• 18th group of Kurdish refugees takes over hunger strike in Greek camp 

  The 18th group took over the hunger strike in Lavrio camp, in Greece, demanding the end to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply to visit Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan have once again applied to visit their client in Imrali.
• Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar resume Vigil for Justice after being released 

  Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar have been released and resumed their Vigil for Justice in front of the courthouse in Urfa.
• Police take Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar into custody 

  Emine and Ferit Şenyaşar were taken into custody this morning in front of the courthouse in Urfa where they have been holding a Vigil for Justice for 22 days.
• Demonstration in Düsseldorf Airport to stop mass deportation of Tamil people 

  A collective deportation to Sri Lanka from Düsseldorf Airport is planned for today, Tuesday. A demonstration will take place in the airport’s Terminal C at 6 pm.
• Activists in Greece protest government's migration policies 

  After the suicide of Kurdish refugee Ibrahim Ergün in the Corinth detention camp, protests were organised in front of the Greek parliament against Athens’s anti-migration policies. The right-wing government was asked to close the detention camps.
• AKP repression against Şenyaşar family continues 

  Ferit Şenyaşar, whose brothers and father were murdered by bodyguards and relatives of AKP deputy Deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız, was called to give a statement to the police.
• Kurdish refugee ends his own life in Greek camp, protests continue 

  It has been reported that the body of Kurdish refugee Ibrahim Ergün, who ended his life to protest the conditions of detention in the Corinth refugee detention center in Greece, will be sent to Muş.
• Emine Şenyaşar enters day 21 of Vigil for Justice in Urfa 

  Mardin Peace Mothers Council visited Emine Şenyaşar on Sunday. Emine Şenyaşar is carrying out a vigil for justice in front of the courthouse in Urfa.
• DBP member suffers torture in Cizre 

  DBP member Azad Polat was tortured with electric shocks in the police department of Cizre. He was photographed naked and threatened with their publication online for not disclosing his phone's password.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners: "We will not repent" 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkey are being pressured to make confessions of remorse after serving their regular prison terms. Those who refuse will remain in prison.
• Lawyer Özen: There is no legal explanation for Öcalan’s isolation 

  Lawyer Şivan Cemil Özen said that isolation is torture and a crime which is not subject to statute of limitation. Özen emphasized that the system targeting Öcalan has no legal explanation and called on all democratic groups and the public to be sensitive.
• Saturday Mothers: “Not us but the perpetrators should be put on trial” 

  The trial of several members of the Saturday Mothers' initiative began in Istanbul with the reading of the indictment. IHD chairman Öztürk Türkdoğan called the proceedings pointless and demanded acquittal.
• Police attack the Şenyaşar family  

  Police attacked the Şenyaşar family who is demanding justice in front of the Urfa Courthouse. The family continues their action during the police blockade.
• Şenyaşar family continues Vigil for Justice on 17th day 

  The Vigil for Justice of the Şenyaşar family in front of Urfa Courthouse continues on its 17th day. "The lawsuit is not filed because a MP was involved in the incident," said Emine Şenyaşar.