NEWS

Latest News

• Action to support hunger strikers in Paris 

  ACTIT and SBP members in Paris organised actions near the French Parliament.
• Europe against isolation and in support of hunger strikers  

  Action in solidarity with the hunger strike resistance were held in Germany, Switzerland and France.
• Solidarity with the hunger strikers in Copenhagen 

  An action was taken in Nytorv, one of the busy squares of Copenhagen to inform the people about the hunger strikes and the health situation of the hunger strikers.
• Actions against isolation in London and Brussels 

  Kurds and their friends protested the isolation against Abdullah Öcalan in front of the British Parliament in London and in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.
• Trial of Kurdish politicians started in Germany 

  The trial of 7 Kurdish politicians started in Stuttgart, Germany.
• MEPs visit hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  Two members of the European Parliament visited the indefinite non-alternating hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif met with Erdogan after Assad 

  Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara following his 2-day visit to Syria.
• Switzerland: We are monitoring the hunger strikes closely 

  Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry announced that they are “closely monitoring” the hunger strikes protesting the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Kurds to EP: “Don’t be party to the crime, develop a solution” 

  The sit-in in front of European Union institutions in Strasbourg protesting the aggravated isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan continues on week 4.
• Police attacked HDP people, injured MP Tosun in Amed 

  Demonstrations promoted by the HDP are facing never-ending repression and attacks by the Turkish regime forces.
• Die Linke Co-chair met with PYD delegation in Berlin 

  Die Linke Co-chair Katja Kipping met with a Rojava delegation led by PYD Co-chair Ayse Hiso and called on the Merkel government to end Turkey’s occupation of Afrin.
• HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven reached day 161 of hunger strike 

  The hunger strike resistance led by HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven spread then to Europe and prisons.
• Hunger strikers in Stockholm: End the silence! 

  Activists on hunger strike in Stockholm protested the silence of media and European institutions. 
• Hunger striker Erol Aydemir reached day 27 of fast in Rome 

  Former MEP Luisa Morgantini and Palestinian activist Manal Tamimi visited hunger striker Erol Aydemir in Rome.
• Athens against isolation 

  Protest against isolation in Athens.
• Request submitted by Öcalan's lawyers refused 

  The 807th application filed by Öcalan's lawyers to Bursa Public Prosecutor's Office was rejected.
• HDP members detained in Istanbul 

  HDP members Vedat Çelik and Faysal Kömürcü were taken into custody as a result of the political genocide operations carried out by police in Maltepe.
• Nasır Yağız has reached day 148 of his hunger strike 

  The hunger strike resistance carried out by HDP Nasır Yağız has reached day 148.
• Özkan Özdemir reached day 17 of his hunger strike in Paris 

  International Red Collective in Defense of Political Prisoners representatives visited Ozkan Ozdemir who told them about the different phases of the hunger strike carried out by over 7,000 prisoners.
• HDP, HDK, DTK and DBP executives visited Leyla Güven 

  A delegation of politicians have paid a solidarity visit to Leyla Güven.
• Iranian Foreign Minister visits Syria and Turkey 

  Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Syria as part of his tour in the region. Turkey is next.
• Stockholm hunger strikers: We are resolved to break the isolation 

  Democratic Kurdish Society Center Norway Co-chair Ayser Yuce who continues her hunger strike in Stockholm, Sweden criticized the Norwegian government for their silence and said they are resolved to break the isolation.
• Play staged in protest at EP: Silence kills! 

  The protest against the isolation held in front of the European Parliament continues on week 4.
• PYD delegation visits hunger strikers in Berlin 

  Cemal Kobane, Omer Bagdur, Mele Mustafa Tuzak and Siyar Xelil have continued their hunger strike in Berlin since March.
• Police attacks sit-in, detains 20 people in Istanbul 

  The police attacked the sit-in in front of the Gebze Prison held by families and detained 20 people including HDP Istanbul Co-chair Esengul Demir.