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• Another mass grave opened in Iraq 

  The grave contains the remains of Anfal genocide victims.
• Silent protest against isolation in Copenhagen 

  Kurds have been taking to the streets all around Europe to condemn the silence on hunger strikes against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Mothers visited Strasbourg activists: Tomorrow could be too late! 

  In Strasbourg, 14 Kurdish activists have been on hunger strike for 119 days against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. Mothers of martyrs visited the activists yesterday and warned that it may soon be "way too late".
• Police murdered a young man in Amed 

  Turkish police killed a young man in Amed Saturday evening.
• German activists on three-day solidarity hunger strike 

  A group of German activists has gone on a three-days solidarity hunger strike demanding the end of isolation. 
• Ken Loach sends solidarity to 7000 Kurdish hunger strikers 

  Film director Ken Loach sends solidarity and support to the Kurdish hunger strikers.
• Hunger striker Yusuf Iba taken to hospital 

  Kurdish activist Yusuf Iba on hunger strike in Canada was taken to hospital and discharged after refusing treatment.
• Kurdish Women's Movement paid tribute to Emiliano Zapata  

  Kurdish Women’s Movement: 100 years after the assassination of Emiliano Zapata, the peoples' revolution brings us together in the march
• HDP's Özsoy: International bodies should follow post-election 

  HDP deputy co-chair Hişyar Özsoy released a note on the irregularities after the 31 March local elections.
• Sinn Féin president McDonald: There is no good Brexit 

  Sinn Féin is a euro-critical party. There are fundamental questions to be asked about the direction of the EU, said Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald.
• Economist and writer Sönmez detained 

  Economist and writer Mustafa Sönmez was taken into custody this morning for comments he posted on social media.
• Protests against isolation in Zurich and Lausanne 

  Zurich and Lausanne joined series of silent demonstrations held around Europe at the weekend.
• Tahir Elçi Foundation founded in Sur 

  The Tahir Elçi Foundation founded in Sur to honour the murdered president of the Bar Association.
• Silent protests from Germany to Greece 

  Kurdish activists have promoted action to protest the silence of the European institution on the hunger strike resistance demanding the end of isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Demo against silence in Frankfurt 

  A demonstration to protest the silence of the European institutions on the hunger strike resistance was held in Frankfurt.
• Internationalists visited Kurdish hunger strikers in Berlin 

  Since yesterday morning, five internationalists have been on a solidarity hunger strike for three days to demand the end of Öcalan's isolation. Last night, they visited the four Kurdish activists who are on an indefinite hunger strike in Berlin.
• Hunger strikers Koç and Sürgüt refused treatment 

  Kurdish hunger strikers Yüksel Koç and Deniz Sürgüt, who were hospitalized earlier today, have refused treatment and continue their protest.
• Two hunger strikers in Strasbourg hospitalized 

  Two of the fourteen activists on indefinite hunger strike in Strasbourg, France have been hospitalized.
• Sweden hunger strikers met with Amnesty International officials 

  Hunger strike activists stressed that Ocalan is in a key position for the solution of the Kurdish issue and for peace in Turkey, and requested that the Amnesty administration take initiatives to end the isolation.
• Police prevents HDP from issuing statement on isolation 

  The police has surrounded the HDP Amed offices and is preventing HDP MPs and co-mayors from issuing a statement to draw attention to the isolation and hunger strikes.
• EP group warns AKP to “recognize the election results” 

  European Parliament’s S&D group issued a warning and said, “If the AKP doesn’t recognize the election results, it will have consequences for EU-Turkey relations.”
• Clash between ISIS and Hashd al-Shaabi in Khanaqin 

  4 Hashd al-Shaabi members were wounded in a clash with ISIS in Khanaqin, southern Kurdistan.
• Sinn Féin MEP Ní Riada: Fighting for a radically transformed EU 

  Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has said "Sinn Féin is fighting for Ireland and a radically transformed European Union."
• Italian Metal Workers Union sent solidarity to hunger strikers 

  "Without an urgent initiative of the international community towards Turkey many other [hunger strikers] are at serious risk of death or otherwise of suffering permanent damage."
• Families of prisoners in Imrali refused visit once again 

  The application filed by families of Kurdish People's Leader and the other three prisoners held in İmralı were rejected again.