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• Letter by the hungerstriker HDP parliamentarians in Turkey 

  HDP MPs on hunger strike called upon European governments and institutions concerned with the human rights of prisoners to take immediate action and urge the Turkish government to terminate the policy of isolation on Öcalan and other prisoners.
• DBP members visited HDP MPs on hunger strike in Amed 

  Solidarity with the hunger strike protest against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, continues to grow.
• Solidarity from Basque political prisoners with hunger strikers 

  “We want to show our deepest respect to the Kurdish hunger-strikers. Your life and death commitment for your people and your dignity are an example for us.”
• Solidarity with the hunger strikers in Wuppertal and Vienna 

  Actions in solidarity with the hunger strike resistance in Vienna and Wuppertal.
• Hunger striker Özkan Özdemir continues his action in Paris 

  ICOR representative said that they support the hunger strike undertaken in Turkey and Kurdistan as it is their duty to show solidarity with the Kurdish activists.
• Leyla Güven: Day 163 

  Kurdish politician Leyla Güven has been on an indefinite hunger strike since November, 2018.
• STUC supports Kurdish hunger strikers 

  International solidarity with the Kurdish hunger strike protest continues to grow.
• Hunger striker in Berlin suffers from heart trouble 

  Health of the hunger strike activists is deteriorating.
• Prisoner on 114th day of hunger strike: “We are determined” 

  Ahmet Surme, one of the prisoners in Tekirdag who have been on a hunger strike for 114 days, said they are determined and asked for public attention. Surme said their health is at a critical stage.
• Meeting on Öcalan’s isolation in Italian parliament 

  Aydemir called on European countries to support the activists in hunger strike resistance.
• Famous Dutch doctor visited Kurdish hunger strikers 

  While the hunger strikers said they would not accept any treatment, the Dutch doctor said he respected the will of the activists.
• Sit-in against the isolation continues in front of EP 

  The sit-in demanding an end to the isolation continues in front of the EP on day 4.
• Repression against ecological campaign 'Make Rojava Green Again' 

  ‘Make Rojava Green Again’ Initiative condemned the repression against Danish activist Anne Dalum.
• Activists in Strasbourg: The isolation will end if we unite 

  The sit-in activists in front of the EP protesting the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan called on everybody to raise the resistance.
• Öcalan’s book promoted in Switzerland 

  The second volume of Democratic Civilization Manifesto which has recently been translated into German is being promoted in Switzerland.
• Hunger strikes continue and grow in Sweden 

  Kurds continue the hunger strike in the central Odenplan Square. They pass out flyers and give speeches throughout the day to inform the public.
• German activists: The fight against the isolation is our fight 

  German activists who held a 3-day hunger strike in Berlin demanding an end to the isolation said, “The fight against the isolation is our fight too.”
• Internationalist Lorenzo Orsetti commemorated in Rome 

  Lorenzo Orsetti (Tekoşer Piling), the Italian internationalist fighter who was martyred in the war against ISIS, was commemorated at the Sapienza University in Rome.
• FARC Senator Sandino: Stop the killings of former FARC guerrillas 

  Already 115 former guerrillas and family members have been killed since the signing of the Final Peace Agreement in 24 November 2016.
• 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.