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• Three-day solidarity hunger strike in Lucerne 

  A group of Kurds went on a three-day hunger strike in the Swiss city of Lucerne. 
• KCDK-E called on Kurds to join Dersim Festival 

  KCDK-E called on all Kurds to join the Dersim Festival with the spirit of resistance against isolation.
• Mothers detained in Bakırköy referred to court 

  Mothers of prisoners who were taken into custody during the police crackdown in front of Bakırköy Women’s Closed Prison, have been referred to court.
• Clashes intensify in Idlib 

  Russian jets continue to bomb the so-called “weapon free zones” of Idlib and Hama as the clashes between the Syrian regime and Turkish gangs rage on unabated on day 13.
• Families resist in Gebze and Bakirkoy 

  Turkish state forces continue repressive measures against families of prisoners on hunger strike and death fast against the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
• France: We are looking into a mechanism to try ISIS members 

  The Northern and Eastern Syrian Autonomous Administration had proposed an international court to be formed to put the gang members on trial in the region.
• “Fascist states have the same system” 

  A memorial was held for Giorgiana Masi, who had been murdered by the police in Rome in 1977.
• Seehofer: We won’t take back ISIS members en masse 

  Interior Minister Seehofer spoke about the German citizen ISIS members captured by the YPG and said, “We will take them back after investigating them one by one and ascertaining their identity, but I am against bringing them back en masse.”
• Germany to instate “mosque tax” against Erdogan threat 

  Germany is discussing whether to instate a “mosque tax” to break the influence of Salafist groups and foreign countries like Turkey.
• Families of martyrs: We stand by the hunger strike resistance 

  PYD's Abdulaziz Abdurrahman recalled that hunger strikes are an effective weapon against the cruelty of the enemy and that this weapon has been used many times throughout Kurdish history.
• MED Cooperative held Second Ordinary Congress 

  KNK co-chair Nilüfer Koç, exiled Kurdish deputies Nursel Aydoğan, Lezgin Botan, Faysal Sarıyıldız and Economist Ahmed Pelda attended the congress as speakers.
• HDP: Don't forget Soma Massacre  

  HDP deputy co-chair Ali Ürküt, Soma Massacre of those responsible for the reward, the AKP's job murders and support the boss pointed out that support.
• DAESH killed two people from same family in Xaneqin 

  DAESH mercenaries killed two people from the same family.
• French senator: We stand by Kurds in this brave action 

  “I would like to reiterate that I offer my full support to this Kurdish initiative, which is militant and courageous for the cause of the Kurdish people”, said the senator, adding that injustices in the world should end.
• Galatasaray Mothers met Plaza de Mayo mothers 

  The conference was attended by TIHV and IHD executives, Saturday Mothers, relatives of disappeared people from Amed and Şırnak, relatives of disappeared people in Argentina as well as a large number of people.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 148 

  Today the 14 activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 148 of their fast demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Rally in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Marseille  

  Hundreds of people in Marseille protested the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hunger strikers in Paris received solidarity visits 

  AvEG-Kon member H. Özkan Özdemir continues his hunger strike in Paris. He has begun fasting on 1 April and has even joined by other activists.
• British deputies visited hunger strikers in London 

  Brighton MP Russell Lloyd Russell-Moyle said the fact that Öcalan was finally allowed to be visited by his lawyers was a positive step but added that it was necessary that these visits were granted in a regular way.
• Protest against wall built in Afrin 

  A protest was promoted in Copenhagen to protest the wall built by Turkey in Afrin.
• Meeting in Graz to support hunger strike resistance 

  A meeting took place in the Austrian city of Graz to support the hunger strike resistance.
• Kurds protested isolation in Montpellier and Toulouse 

  Kurds protested isolation in Montpellier and Toulouse.
• Demo in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Paris 

  Kurds and their friend promoted a demonstration in support to the hunger strikers in Paris. 
• Prisoners’ families in Bakirkoy: We will come every day 

  The police stopped the demonstration by prisoners’ families in front of the Bakirkoy Prison. The families said, “Whatever you do, we will come here every day.”
• Prisoners’ families: We need courage to break the isolation 

  Prisoners’ families spoke about the hunger strikes their children are on and said: “Our children’s demands are our demands, we stand with them. We need courage to break the isolation.”