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• Silent action in Düsseldorf to support the hunger strikers 

  Silence was used to protest against the silence of the European states and the international public opinion who are ignoring the activists on hunger strike.
• Hunger strikers commended in Italy 

  Erdogan's fascism was condemned at the demonstrations organised in Italy to mark the anniversary of the liberation from the nazi-fascism in 1945.
• Turkish soldiers raided villages in Batman 

  Soldiers raided some villages in Batman province and arrested residents.
• Rally in front of EU Parliament: Stop the silence! 

  In front of the Brussels office of the European Parliament, a rally against the ignorance of Europe took place in solidarity with hunger strikes against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Day 2 in civil disobedience at Amnesty International office 

  The civil disobedience action started at the Amnesty International office on Wednesday continues for the second day.
• Relatives of martyrs visited Leyla Güven on 169th day of her fast 

  Solidarity with hunger strike protest against the isolation of Öcalan continues to grow.
• Mothers in Gebze: We will stand by our children to the end 

  Mothers of political prisoners on hunger strike against the isolation in Imrali were barred from protesting in front of the Gebze Prison.
• Civil disobedience against isolation continues in London 

  As the civil disobedience protest launched in the London offices of Amnesty International against the isolation imposed upon Ocalan continues, another act of civil disobedience was carried out in the offices of national television networks.
• HDP's Demir: The entire Turkey is suffering from isolation 

  Esengül Demir, HDP Istanbul Provincial co-chair, said that the repression against the mothers cannot not be met with silence. 
• Nasır Yağız: 156 days on hunger strike 

  HDP Nasır Yağız has reached day 156 of fast in Hewlêr as hunger strike resistance continues throughout South Kurdistan.
• Swiss MP tabled motion on Afrin 

  Swiss deputy Bernhard Guhl drew attention to the ethnic cleansing practices carried out by the Turkish state and its mercenary allies in Afrin and demanded that the Swiss Federal Council take action against it.
• No Workers' Day celebration in Taksim square 

  The request made by trade unions to use Taksim Square in Istanbul to celebrate Workers’ Day, was rejected by Istanbul Governor.
• Leyla Güven: 169 day on hunger strike against isolation 

  HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven has reached day 169 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Öcalan.
• Prisoner Yilmaz refused treatment and he is sent back to prison 

  Nizamettin Yilmaz, who is on hunger strike in Mardin E Type Closed Prison, refused treatment at Mardin State Hospital, after been hospitalised. Yilmaz was therefore taken to prison again.
• Don't forget to put up your poster for hunger strikers today! 

  German activists called on people to put up their poster and join the campaign to draw attention to the state of 7 thousand prisoners on hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Öcalan.
• Solidarity with the hunger strikers in Marble Arch 

  Building Practical Solidarity between two fast-growing ecological movements, the Kurdish movement and Extinct Rebelion
• Family visited hunger striker Şiyar Xelil 

  Mele Mustafa Tuzak has reached day 121 of his fast, while Cemal Kobanê and Ömer Bağdur have reached day 86. 
• Kurdish activists in Strasbourg reached day 130 

  The 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg have reached day 130 of their fast.
• HDP: We share the sorrow and mourning of 104 years… 

  "As the grandchildren of the ancient peoples of Anatolia and Mesopotamia, we share the sorrow and pain of 104 years, and commemorate with grief and respect all those who have fallen.”
• Kurdish activist on hunger strike for 108 days hospitalized 

  Akın, who continues his hunger strike at his home since his release from prison, has been taken to hospital.
• Hunger strike commenced at Amnesty International office in London 

  The civil disobedience action staged at the Amnesty International office in London earlier today, has turned into a hunger strike action against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Die Linke candidates to EP call on CPT 

  Candidates for the European Parliament from Germany’s Die Linke called for an immediate end to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan. The candidates issued a joint statement and called the CPT to action to end the isolation in Imrali.
• Demonstration in front of CoE on week 5 

  Kurds in Europe continue the demonstrations held in Strasbourg to urge the Council of Europe (CoE) and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) to take action continue on week 5 with activists from Switzerland and France.
• Mothers of prisoners on hunger strike start sit-in in Amed 

  Relatives of prisoners who were obstructed and battered by the police in Amed, started a sit-in protest.
• Civil disobedience at Amnesty International offices in London 

  Kurds and allies held a civil disobedience action in the Amnesty International offices in London to draw attention to the hunger strikes