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• Police obstructs mothers for hunger strikers in Amed 

  Turkish police forces continue obstructing relatives of prisoners who are on hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• German doctors: The state of the hunger strikers is concerning 

  The German doctors examining Mele Mustafa Tuzak, Omer Bagdur, Cemal Kobane and Siyar Xelil who continue their hunger strike in Berlin said their state is concerning.
• Police terrorism against HDP in Bingol: 9 detained 

  The police raided HDP offices in Bingol and detained 9 people in house raids.
• Twitter storm for the hunger strike resistance today at 8 pm 

  Today, at 8 pm Europe time, a Twitter Storm to raise awareness on the hunger strike resistance.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 129 

  The 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg called on people to mobilize.
• Solidarity hunger strike in Florence 

  Italian activists have promoted a solidarity hunger strike in the city of Florence.
• Protest against isolation in Marseille 

  A new action was organised in Marseille to protest isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Day of Action for the hunger strikers on 25 April 

  Tomorrow German activists are launching a huge poster campaign to draw attention the hunger strike resistance against isolation.
• Leyla Güven: 168 day on hunger strike 

  The hunger strike resistance led by Leyla Güven has been joined by thousands in Kurdish and Turkish prisons as well as in many European cities. 
• Alevi organizations visit Leyla Guven 

  Alevi associations visited Leyla Guven, who is on day 167 of her hunger strike.
• Tally in Iranian floods 

  The Iranian Crisis Center issued an official statement on the flooding disaster that affected 25 states of the country after a month passed. The official tally showcases the terrifying extent of the disaster.
• Munich court acquits activist in PYD case 

  Munich Administrative Court acquitted an activist who had been on trial for carrying a PYD flag during a demonstration to protest the invasion of Afrin.
• 20 relatives of prisoners detained in Batman 

  Turkish state forces attacked the prisoners’ relatives and detained 20 in Batman.
• Mele Mustafa Tuzak has reached day 100 of his hunger strike 

  Mele Mustafa Tuzak has been on hunger strike for 100 days in Berlin. “I am feeling happy and I feel as if I have started fasting today.”
• Hunger strike resistance in South Kurdistan continues 

  The hunger strike resistance in South Kurdistan demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Öcalan continues.
• Özkan Özdemir reached 22nd day of hunger strike in Paris 

  Paris Pir Sultan Abdal co-chair Hüsniye Küçükkeleş and the representative of the Proletarian Revolutionary gave a message of solidarity with hunger strike resistance.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 128 

  The hunger strike resistance of the 14 members of the Freedom for Öcalan Initiative was launched on 17 December 2018, with the slogan ‘Let’s break isolation, let’s destroy fascism’.
• Kurdish Solidarity Cymru: decentralised day of action 

  Kurdish Solidarity Cymru call on people to support a boycott of Turkish holidays in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers.
• Kurds to address European bodies in Brussels 

  Kurds and allies are to address European bodies that have remained silent against the isolation and the hunger strikes in Brussels.
• Police opens fire on human rights defenders in Ankara 

  Turkish police attacked lawyers from the hunger strike commission and human rights defenders in Ankara, using weapons and pepper spray and detaining several people.
• Hunger striker Iba: You step forward, because we won’t step back 

  Hunger striker Yusuf Iba said, “We won’t stop our protest until we achieve our goals,” as his health deteriorates. Iba called on peoples and institutions to support the resistance.
• Sanctions against Iran: US to lift exemptions for 8 countries 

  According to the Washington post, the US government is preparing to lift exemptions for 8 countries that import oil from Iran.
• HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven reached day 166 of hunger strike 

  The Kurdish politician launched the hunger strike resistance on 7 November 2018 demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan .
• CHP to hold press conference in 81 cities after assault on leader 

  Following the attack on the CHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on Sunday, the party will hold a press conference in  81 cities simultaneously.
• Put up your poster against isolation! 

  German activists will launch a campaign on Thursday 25 April and asked everyone to put up a poster against isolation and in support the 7,000 Kurds on hunger strike.