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• Leyla Güven: 168 day on hunger strike 

  The hunger strike resistance led by Leyla Güven has been joined by thousands in Kurdish and Turkish prisons as well as in many European cities. 
• Alevi organizations visit Leyla Guven 

  Alevi associations visited Leyla Guven, who is on day 167 of her hunger strike.
• Tally in Iranian floods 

  The Iranian Crisis Center issued an official statement on the flooding disaster that affected 25 states of the country after a month passed. The official tally showcases the terrifying extent of the disaster.
• Munich court acquits activist in PYD case 

  Munich Administrative Court acquitted an activist who had been on trial for carrying a PYD flag during a demonstration to protest the invasion of Afrin.
• 20 relatives of prisoners detained in Batman 

  Turkish state forces attacked the prisoners’ relatives and detained 20 in Batman.
• Mele Mustafa Tuzak has reached day 100 of his hunger strike 

  Mele Mustafa Tuzak has been on hunger strike for 100 days in Berlin. “I am feeling happy and I feel as if I have started fasting today.”
• Hunger strike resistance in South Kurdistan continues 

  The hunger strike resistance in South Kurdistan demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan continues.
• Özkan Özdemir reached 22nd day of hunger strike in Paris 

  Paris Pir Sultan Abdal co-chair Hüsniye Küçükkeleş and the representative of the Proletarian Revolutionary gave a message of solidarity with hunger strike resistance.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 128 

  The hunger strike resistance of the 14 members of the Freedom for Öcalan Initiative was launched on 17 December 2018, with the slogan ‘Let’s break isolation, let’s destroy fascism’.
• Kurdish Solidarity Cymru: decentralised day of action 

  Kurdish Solidarity Cymru call on people to support a boycott of Turkish holidays in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers.
• Kurds to address European bodies in Brussels 

  Kurds and allies are to address European bodies that have remained silent against the isolation and the hunger strikes in Brussels.
• Police opens fire on human rights defenders in Ankara 

  Turkish police attacked lawyers from the hunger strike commission and human rights defenders in Ankara, using weapons and pepper spray and detaining several people.
• Hunger striker Iba: You step forward, because we won’t step back 

  Hunger striker Yusuf Iba said, “We won’t stop our protest until we achieve our goals,” as his health deteriorates. Iba called on peoples and institutions to support the resistance.
• Sanctions against Iran: US to lift exemptions for 8 countries 

  According to the Washington post, the US government is preparing to lift exemptions for 8 countries that import oil from Iran.
• HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven reached day 166 of hunger strike 

  The Kurdish politician launched the hunger strike resistance on 7 November 2018 demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan .
• CHP to hold press conference in 81 cities after assault on leader 

  Following the attack on the CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday, the party will hold a press conference in  81 cities simultaneously.
• Put up your poster against isolation! 

  German activists will launch a campaign on Thursday 25 April and asked everyone to put up a poster against isolation and in support the 7,000 Kurds on hunger strike.
• Erol Aydemir reached day 32 of his hunger strike in Rome 

  Erol Aydemir is a Kurdish activist who joined the hunger strike resistance led by HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Guven demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 127 

  The 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg reiterated their determination in continuing their fast until isolation is lifted.
• KJK's Ayten: Silence means betrayal of the hunger strikers 

  KJK Executive Member Ayten Amed said: “Silence means the betrayal of 7,000 people on hunger strike. Everyone should do their best to oppose the AKP-MHP fascism. This is the only way out.”
• Kurdish youth protest the isolation of Öcalan in Amed 

  Protests against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continue.
• Strasbourg hunger strike on day 126 

  Since the first day of the protest, the activists have been visited by a number of Kurds and their friends in Europe.
• Police attacked Peace Mothers in front of Gebze Prison again 

  Again, the police attacked a sit-in protest in Gebze. Relatives of prisoners on hunger strike have been demonstrating in front of the women's prison in the western Turkish town for two weeks. There were several arrests.
• At least 14 people against isolation detained in Istanbul- UPDATE 

  Police attacked a demonstration against the isolation of Öcalan in Istanbul and detained at least 14 people.
• Europe protesting isolation in solidarity with hunger strikers 

  Actions in many European cities continue protesting the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.