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• Kurdish activist Yusuf Iba taken to hospital in Toronto 

  Kurdish activist Yusuf Iba, who was on hunger strike in Toronto was taken to hospital again suffering from kidney problems.
• 13 people remanded in custody in Halfeti 

  13 people were remanded in custody in Halfeti, Urfa. Police took statements without telling the lawyers. All of the court proceedings talked of torture. Women said: “A lot more happened, but we are too ashamed to tell.”
• Prisoners in Van discharged from hospital 

  After the end of the hunger strike last Sunday,12 prisoners in Van who had been taken to hospital were finally discharged.
• Activists Kobanê and Bağdur taken under treatment in Berlin 

  Activists Ömer Bağdur and Cemal Kobane who ended their hunger strikes after Öcalan’s call on Sunday, have been hospitalized and taken under treatment today.
• Treatment of 27 prisoners in Amed continues 

  9 prisoners have been discharged from hospital while 27 others continue receiving treatment.
• 3 HDP MPs and 10 activists discharged from hospital 

  Three HDP MPs and ten activists who were taken under treatment in Amed after the end of their hunger strikes, have been discharged from hospital.
• EU issues report on Turkey: Regression in all areas 

  The European Commission issued the Turkey progress report. Commissioner for Enlargement Johannes Hahn said they don’t foresee any chapters to be opened with Turkey.
• Leyla Guven’s hearing held in Amed 

  The hearing of the case against Leyla Guven was held in Amed. The panel of judges rejected the lawyers’ demands and postponed the hearing.
• Families of soldiers/policemen captured by HPG meet IHD and HDP 

  Families of soldiers and policemen captured by the HPG held a press statement with the IHD and called on the public and the state. The families also met with the HDP.
• Peace emerges from society - isolation attacks us all 

  “We see the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan as an attempt to silence the ideas and proposals of a new, alternative and free form of society and ultimately to destroy them,” said the feminist campaign "Gemeinsam Kämpfen".
• PACE President calls for a peace process in Turkey 

  “The measures taken by the Ministry of Justice to lift the state of isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan now pave the way for regular visits by lawyers and family members, as recommended by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT)."
• HBDH: It is now time to fight to tear down fascism 

  HBDH Executive Committee issued a statement on the hunger strikes against the isolation that resulted in success and said: “From now on we will fight to tear down fascism.”
• US to possibly stop training Turkish pilots 

  Reports say the US may stop training Turkish pilots as part of the F-35 fighter jet project in the wake of the Turkish state’s intention to purchase S-400 air defense systems from Russia.
• Twitter storm today to support Kurdish Freedom Movement 

  Twitter campaign to support the Kurdish freedom movement today.
• Yazidi women accused German government over ISIS members  

  The Federation of Yazidi Women’s Councils filed a criminal complaint against Angela Merkel's government for not taking action on the ISIS members of German nationality in the hands of the YPG.
• Group from Mainz takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, the longest protest organised by Kurds in Europe, has been taken over by a new group of activists from Mainz on its 362nd week.
• Activists Tuzak and Xelil visited in hospital 

  Artist Hozan Aydın was among the many Kurds visiting former hunger strikers Mele Mustafa Tuzak Şiyar Xelil who are in hospital in Berlin.
• Hunger strike over, new chapter in Kurdish struggle can begin 

  Peace in Kurdistan campaign has said that the ending of this action marks the start of a new chapter in the Kurdish struggle.
• CAMPACC oppose new powers to prosecute returnees from Rojava 

  In the wake of the panic caused by British citizens travelling to North East Syria to join ISIS, and the terrorist threat they may pose upon their return, the British government rushed through the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. 
• Kurdish activist Şiyar Xelil taken to hospital 

  One of the hunger striker in Berlin, Şiyar Xelil, was taken to the hospital to receive emergency treatment today.
• Activists interrupt Rheinmetall meeting in Berlin 

  Rheinmetall produces the tanks, which have been used in the war against Afrin.
• HDP’s Buldan: Resolve the Kurdish issue or dissolve the state 

  HDP Co-chair Pervin Buldan saluted the victory against the isolation and said, “Either the Kurdish issue will be resolved, or the state will be dissolved.” 
• KCK urges free living and working conditions for Öcalan 

  KCK stated that; “Now is time to accelerate the struggle for the democratization of Turkey and liberation of Kurdistan on the basis of smashing fascism by ensuring free living and working conditions for Öcalan.”
• Lawyers appeal to meet with Ocalan 

  Lawyers have appealed to meet with Ocalan.
• PKK-PAJK Prisons Committee: Our resistance entered a new phase 

  PKK-PAJK Prisons Committee stated that the hunger strikes have ended in success and said, “Our duty from now on is to take the struggle against the Imrali torture system, the isolation and fascism to completion.