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• Solidarity Vigil for the prisoners on hunger strike in Viranşehir 

  HDP Urfa MP Ayşe Sürücü said that the isolation imposed on Öcalan is in fact imposed on all the peoples of Turkey.
• PKK and PAJK prisoners to go on death fast 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners will go on death fast on 30 April.
• Hunger striker Yusuf Iba reached day 108 of fast in Toronto 

  “President Apo, who created a new and free life, allowed us to have a new life. Our resistance will break isolation and bring us a new spring.”
• Strasbourg hunger strikers: We are ready to pay whatever price 

  The 14 Kurdish activists in Strasbourg have reached day 134 of their fast demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Leyla Güven reached day 173 of hunger strike 

  Kurdish politician Leyla Güven has been on an indefinite hunger strike since November 2018 against the isolation regime executed against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Mothers in Gebze harassed by police once again 

  The sit-in organised by relatives of prisoners in hunger strike in Gebze has been once again blocked by the regime's police.
• Activists detained at Amnesty International protest released 

  Activists detained during protest against isolation at the Amnesty International building in London were released. An investigation was launched against them.
• Democratic Islamic Society met in North and East Syria 

  The first conference of the Democratic Islamic Society in North and East of Syria – Rojava has begun on Saturday.
• Life Against Isolation Platform: Workers' Day against isolation 

  The Life Against Isolation Platform in Europe has called on people to join the Workers’ Day demonstrations demanding the end of isolation. 
• Turkey ranks first in Europe and third in the world in workplace  

  HDP Labor, Economy, Agriculture and Social Policy Co-Vice President Günay Kubilay, in a written statement, said that they were mourning for workers killed in their workplace.
• Leyla Güven: 172 days on hunger strike 

  DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP, Leyla Güven, has reached day 172 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• First Minister: Scotland should vote again on independence 

  Scottish voters should be given the opportunity to vote again on independence before the next elections to the Edinburgh parliament in 2021, Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, said.
• AKP Police putting Taksim Square under siege 

  The AKP regime has already begun to militarise Taksim Square in Istanbul in order to prevent any celebration there on Workers’ Day.
• Hunger strikers in Berlin visited by former HDP deputy 

  Kurdish activists on hunger strike Cemal Kobanê, Ömer Bağdur, Mele Mustafa Tuzak and Şiyar Xelil have been visited by former HDP deputy Ahmet Yildirim.
• Twitterstorm campaign for hunger strikers at 5.15 pm UK time 

  A Twitterstorm campaign will be launched at 5.15 pm UK time today.
• SKB called on all women to join Workers' Day demos 

  The SKB has released a written statement to mark Workers’ Day. “The women's strike - said the statement - is spreading across Latin America, Europe and the world.” 
• Life Against Isolation Platform presented plan of actions 

  In its third meeting, the European Life Against Isolation Platform decided to promote a series of actions to break the international silence surrounding the hunger strikes.
• Two brothers kidnapped by occupying forces in Afrin 

  The occupying Turkish state and its mercenary allies kidnapped two more brothers in Afrin. 
• NAV-DEM and YJK-E called on everyone to reclaim Workers' Day  

  The Kurdish umbrella organisations NAV-DEM and YJK-E called on revolutionary, feminist, ecological, democratic and progressive groups to unite their forces and defend common values on 1st of May.
• Erol Aydemir reached day 39 of his 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 39 of his fast.
• Spanish state goes to the polls today 

  Today the Spanish state will hold its third general election in four years.
• Hunger strikers in prison: We'll take back what they took from us 

  In Turkey and Kurdistan prisoners have gone on indefinite hunger strike on 1 March. Over 7,000 prisoners are fasting and they are suffering continue harassment and attacks.
• Strasbourg hunger strikers reached 133 

  The 14 Kurdish activists in Strasbourg have reached day 133 of their fast demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• PFLP Secretary General visited MPs on hunger strike in Amed 

  PFLP Secretary General Ahmed Saadet’s lawyer Mahmod Hassan paid a solidarity visit to the HDP MPs who are on a hunger strike in the HDP offices in Amed.
• Women from Southern Kurdistan visited HDP MPs on hunger strike 

  A delegation of women from Southern Kurdistan visited the HDP MPs who continue their hunger strike in the HDP Amed offices to protest the aggravated isolation imposed upon Ocalan.