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• Young man killed in Nusaybin 

  A young man named Mehmet Sirin Kaya was killed in a shooting in front of his house.
• 17 Syrian soldiers killed in attacks by Turkish-backed gangs 

  Turkish-backed gangs attacked regime positions and reportedly killed 17 regime soldiers.
• Syrian Democratic Council representative visited Iba 

  Yusuf Iba continues his hunger strike in Toronto as his health remains critical. Syrian Democratic Council Americas Representative Sinem Muhammed paid Iba a visit.
• Leyla Güven: 171 days on hunger strike 

  Thousands of prisoners and dozens of activists joined Leyla Güven in the indefinite hunger strike resistance.
• When Extinction Rebellion met the Kurdish Liberation Movement 

  The Marble Arch occupiers had invited Kurdish activists and their supporters to talk about the Kurdish Liberation Movement.
• Union executive: Workers' Day against the crisis 

  "We should show the world the unity of workers against bosses and their government. We must state clearly that we do not want to pay the burden of the crisis.”
• Marches against isolation in Berlin and Stuttgart 

  Demonstrations in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strike activists continue all around Europe.
• Police attacked activists at Amnesty International protest 

  Nahide Zengin and Mehmet Sait Yılmaz, who have been on hunger strike for 44 days indefinitely, were attacked by the police.
• Hunger striker Yusuf Iba refused treatment 

  Hunger striker Yusuf Iba refused treatment after being taken to hospital and continued his hunger strike. 
• Sit-in in front of Amnesty International in Paris 

  Young Kurds in Paris organised a sit-in at the office of Amnesty International.
• Hunger striker Nahide Zengin taken to hospital in London 

  Nahide Zengin and Mehmet Sait Yılmaz have been on hunger strike in London for 43 days demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Women from Southern Kurdistan visit Guven 

  A delegation of women from Southern Kurdistan visited DTK Co-chair Leyla Guven who has been on a hunger strike for 170 days.
• 6th group takes over the hunger strike in Van 

  The 6th group has taken over the hunger strike launched on April 10 in Van against the isolation.
• PFLP visits Leyla Güven on day 170 of hunger strike 

  Hasan’s visit came after PFLP Politbureau Member Leila Khaled’s visit to Güven last week. Halid had brought greetings to Güven from PFLP Secretary General Ahmed Saadet.
• HDP's Sarısaç: Isolation is against Kurds and forces of democracy 

  HDP MP Murat Sarısaç said the AKP is trying to keep standing through isolation and anti-Kurdish policies and added: “The isolation against Ocalan is imposed upon both the Kurdish people and the forces of democracy.”
• Police blockade in front of Gebze Prison 

  Citizens wanting to issue a statement in front of the Gebze Prison were surrounded by the police.
• Demirtas: Mr. Ocalan has done a respectable job 

  Imprisoned former HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtas pointed out that Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan took on a respectable role for a solution.
• Doctor Gülşen: Hunger strikers in Strasbourg at critical stage 

  Kurds and their friends in European countries are doing all they can to draw attention to the hunger strike resistance in Strasbourg and are well aware that the health of the 14 activists is badly shaken.
• Stockholm activists: Join solidarity hunger strikes 

  The Kurds and their friends, who continue their hunger strike in the tent they opened in Odenplan Square during the day to inform the public opinion, continue their action at the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in the evening.
• Poster campaign in Germany to continue 

  The campaign launched by Tatort Kurdistan and the feminist movement ‘Let’s fight together’, is called # 7000 against isolation (# 7000gegenIsolation).
• Agiri: Step up solidarity with the hunger strikers! 

  Serhat Agiri, a member of the organizing committee of the hunger strike action in Strasbourg, underlined that support to the resistance, especially by the mothers of the prisoners, will be effective in breaking the isolation.
• Mothers of hunger strikers organised sit-in in Istanbul 

  The mothers of the hunger strikers held a sit-in in Esenyurt Square in Istanbul after being attacked by police on previous days.
• Hunger striker Iba hospitalized in Toronto 

  The health of hunger strike activists is deteriorating further every passing day.
• KCDK-E called to support the action in London 

  The Democratic Kurdish Society Congress (KCDK-E) called on everyone to support the civil disobedience actions in London.
• Workers' Day celebration to be held in Bakırköy 

  A part from trade unions, the HDP and many civil society organisations will also join the celebration.