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• Civil disobedience in Amnesty International Switzerland 

  Kurdish youth and mothers launched a sit-in at the Amnesty International Switzerland chapter to draw attention to the hunger strikes.
• Lawyers: Prisoners’ demand should be accepted 

  Lawyers from the OHD pointed out that hunger strikes have given way to death fasts and that the prisoners’ demands should be accepted at once.
• Day 2 in Bakirkoy Prison sit-in 

  Relatives of prisoners on hunger strikes against the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan are holding a sit-in demonstration in front of the Bakirkoy Closed Women’s Prison.
• Day 135 of Strasbourg resistance  

  The indefinite non-alternating hunger strike in Strasbourg has continued uninterrupted for 135 and continues to receive visitors.
• DTK urges action for hunger strikes turned into death fast 

  DTK pointed out that the hunger strikes have turned into death fasts and, protesting the silence, said urgent action is necessary.
• Families of prisoners call for mobilization 

  "It is high time we do not speak but take to the streets. Our sole agenda is to keep the resistance going unabated until we achieve a result," said families of the prisoners on hunger strike.
• HDP MPs launch sit-in in Parliament 

  HDP MPs launched a sit-in in the Turkish Parliament to draw attention to the death fasts and hunger strikes aiming to end the isolation imposed upon Ocalan.
• Mother sentenced to 7 years in prison for speech at son’s funeral 

  Besra Erol, mother of Evrim Deniz Erol who had been killed in the Suruc Massacre, was arrested for a speech she gave in the funeral ceremony for her son.
• Kurdish hunger striker in Paris continues to receive visitors 

  Groups visiting hunger striker Özkan Özdemir said they support the resistance and that they will put it on the public agenda.
• Workers' Day message from Strasbourg hunger strikers 

  The hunger strikers in Strasbourg issued a message to mark Workers’ Day. The activists called on everyone to be the voice of the resistance against isolation on 1 May. 
• Governor in Van banned Workers' Day celebration 

  The Governor of Van banned the 1 May meeting reiterating the AKP justification for banning events, social peace. 
• Advertisement van to give voice to the hunger strikers in Toronto 

  Activist Yusuf Iba joined the hunger strike resistance led by DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, in Toronto 108 days ago.
• Erol Aydemir reached day 41 of hunger strike in Rome 

  Erol Aydemir, who joined the hunger strike in order to protest the aggravated isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, has reached day 41 of his fast.
• Life Against Isolation Platform promoted action tent in Stuttgart 

  Demonstrations in solidarity with hunger strike actions continue all over Europe.
• New political operation by the police: 24 detained in Adana 

  24 people have been taken into custody in Adana following home raids in a new political genocide operation.
• Hunger striker Kobanê: Honoured to die in such a way 

  Cemal Kobanê joined the hunger strike resistance demanding the end of isolation against the Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. On Monday he was taken to hospital after feeling ill. 
• Vigil promoted by families of hunger strikers in Istanbul 

  The vigil organised by the families of prisoners on hunger strike in Esenyurt Square has reached day 6. 
• HDP Muş MP Koçyiğit visited hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  The hunger strike resistance launched by HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven on 7 November was joined by thousands of prisoners and dozens of activists around the world.
• With white headscarves for the Workers’ Day in Istanbul 

  The HDP called for participation in the central rally on May 1, Workers’ Day in Istanbul.
• ‘Vengeance Team’ claims the actions in Istanbul 

  Many cars have been set on fire in Istanbul.
• Turkish military spending increased by 24 percent 

  The war against the Kurdish people is reflected in Ankara's military spending. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, this increased by 24 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year.
• Hunger strike in Berlin: Cemal Kobanê hospitalized 

  Hunger striker Cemal Kobanê was taken to a hospital in Berlin. The Kurdish activist has been on hunger strike for three months against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Prisoners on hunger strike in Silivri forcibly taken to hospital 

  Prisoners on hunger strike in Silivri Prison were handcuffed and taken to hospital by use of force. The prisoners refused to be treated, saying; “We will never stray from our path.”
• Protest against isolation in Bordeaux 

  In Bordeaux, Kurds and their friends gathered in front of the Grand Theater, and handed out leaflets explaining the reasons for the hunger strike. 
• Activists from Hamburg take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  A new group of activists from the city of Hamburg has taken over the Vigil demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg.