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• Hunger striker Erol Aydemir reached day 21 of fast 

  Erol Aydemir is a Kurdish activist who went on hunger strike joining the hunger strike resistance led by HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Guven demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hamburg protests the isolation of Öcalan 

  A march and rally were held in Hamburg to demand the end of isolation against Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Dortmund in solidarity with the hunger strike resistance 

  In Dortmund a 3-day tent action has been organized to draw attention to the hunger strike resistance demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hunger strikers in Strasbourg collect money for Rojhilat 

  The 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg have reached day 116 of their fast. They have joined the hunger strike resistance led by HDP Hakkari deputy Leyla Guven demanding the end of isolation against Öcalan.
• YSK now playing the KHK card 

  According to the YSK’s ruling, the HDP’s candidates for the Bağlar district in the south eastern city of Diyarbakır, and Tuşba, Çaldıran and Edremit districts in Van in eastern Turkey will not receive their certification.
• Temelli: We won't allow the AKP's dirty games 

  HDP co-chair Temelli said: "We face a situation of a great injustice in the elections and of the foundations of the election security is being shaken."
• Protest for hunger strikes in front of EP in Brussels 

  Demonstrations in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strike resistance continue.
• 3 more communists go on hunger strikes against isolation 

  3 more prisoners from the Marxist Leninist Communist Party (MLKP) and MLKP/Communist Women’s Organization (KKO) cases joined the indefinite nonalternating hunger strikes.
• Hunger strikes discussed in Austrian parliament 

  Austria’s main opposition Social Democratic Party (SPO) brought up the hunger strikes launched to demand an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan in the Parliament.
• Youth demonstrations for solidarity with hunger strikers 

  Youth  groups held demonstrations in Mainz, Germany and Bern, Switzerland.
• Kipping calls for “sanctions against Erdogan” 

  Die Linke Co-chair Katja Kipping called on the Federal German Government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel to “stop the military cooperation with the Erdogan regime and take action for the political prisoners in Turkey”.
• Hunger strikers protested in front of Swedish Parliament 

  The Kurdish activists reiterated that they were determined to fight against isolation imposed on Öcalan is lifted. 
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 115 

  The 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg have reached day 115 of their fast.
• Colombian President Duque didn't meet Social Strikers 

  Colombian President Ivan Duque did not meet indigenous and peasants on strike for fear of attacks.
• Sinn Féin seeks to enshrine neutrality in the constitution 

  Sinn Féin TD’s prepared to table a bill seeking a referendum that, if passed, would see Ireland’s policy of neutrality enshrined in the constitution.
• Conference about Ocalan and Democratic Confederalism in Palermo 

  A conference called “Ocalan and Democratic Confederalism: Towards the creation of a fair, pluralistic and ecological society” will be held in Palermo.
• Prisoners’ families attacked and detained by police 

  The families holding a sit-in in front of the Gebze Type M Closed Prison in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strikes were attacked by the police and many were detained by the police.
• Uca asks Council of Europe about isolation 

  PACE member Feleknas Uca queried Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatovic about the isolation and the prisons. Mijatovic said, “Turkey must resolve all issues regarding human rights. We will visit Turkey.”
• New solidarity initiative in Sweden 

  In Söderhamn district in Sweden, a new organization in solidarity with the Kurdish people was formed.
• "Time to write together a beautiful story of democratic struggle" 

  “Our future depends on the struggle for democracy, freedom, equality and peace, and on the solidarity, collective intelligence, and hard work that enabled the success on March 31,” HDP said.
• Hunger striker's mother: Listen to the voice of our children 

  Behya Tan, mother of 21-year-old Şahin Tan, who has been on hunger strike for 102 days in Ceyhan Closed Prison, said: “We are on hunger strike with our children. How can we eat when they are not?”
• Swiss parties urged Government to act on hunger strikes 

  3 political parties from Switzerland called on the Switzerland Federal Council, Geneva Canton Government and the international community to take action for the hunger strikes.
• Sinn Féin: Irish peace deal must be protected from Brexit crisis 

  Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD met with British Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn MP to discuss the ongoing Brexit crisis.
• Leyla Güven awarded the Ibrahim Ehmed prize 

  Leyla Güven's message was conveyed at the ceremony.
• Day 113 of indefinite hunger strike in Strasbourg 

  The hunger strike in France has left 113 days behind.