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• Prisoner Beçet’s note withheld after her sacrifice action 

  It has come to light that political prisoner Ayten Beçet left behind a letter before her sacrifice action in the Gebze prison.
• Die Linke sent solidarity message to Strasbourg hunger strikers  

  Die Linke called for the release of all political prisoners and underlined that thousands of HDP members, democratically elected representatives, councillors, executives are still in jail in Turkey.
• PYD Europe calls for international action against Turkish threats 

  "We call upon the international community to recognise our cause and our democratic administration in northern Syria, to stand firmly against Turkish threats and occupation Afrin and to pressure Turkey to withdraw from the Syrian territories it occupied."
• Political prisoner ends her life to protest Öcalan's isolation 

  Ayten Beçet, jailed in Gebze Prison, has ended her life to protest the isolation of Öcalan.
• Hunger striker Koçak: Success will be ours and our people’s! 

  Koçak congratulated the Kurdish people and their friend on Newroz and reminded that the torch left by Mazlum Doğan today is carried by Leyla Güven and Zülküf Gezen.
• Gaza writer sent solidarity message to Leyla Güven 

  "Dear Leyla Güven, you are the icon of struggle and devotion to the poignant meaning of being a woman who opposes all tyrannical human schemes."
• HDP Honorary president Kürkçü: The AKP regime is falling apart 

  Kürkçü said that the demand of hunger strikers is consistent, legal, human, conscientious and moral, and that prisoners' right to meet with their family and lawyers is guaranteed by international laws, the Turkish constitution and the prison legislation.
• Kurdish activist goes on hunger strike in Sardinia 

  Aydemir joined the hunger strike resistance led by DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven who is demanding the end of isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Municipality of Nuremberg visited Kurdish hunger striker 

  Şiyar Xelîl is carrying out his protest at the Medya People's House and was visited by Nuremberg Municipality Human Rights Bureau director Martina Mittenhuber.
• Newroz message from Julie Ward MEP 

  “Kurds want a just peace and I know that the key to this is for the Turkish government to end the inhumane isolation of Abdullah Ocalan and resume the peace negotiations that it abandoned in April 2015.
• French doctor: Concern growing for Strasbourg activists 

  The specialist in the medical team said that they cannot do anything political because of their profession but added that, in any case, they will convey the information and demand reiterated by the activists to their superiors.
• Declaration by PKK and PAJK prisoners: We'll continue our protest 

  PKK and PAJK prisoners issued a joint declaration on the isolation imposed upon Kurdish Peoples’ Leader Abdullah Ocalan and said they will continue their protest until their 7 demands are accepted.
• NAV-DEM: The Kurdish people no longer tolerate isolation 

  "The demand of Uğur Şakar, who set fire to his body, is the demand of friends who are on hunger strike today."
• French senator: Remove PKK from EU terrorist organizations list 

  The Communist senator urged everyone to “support Abdullah Öcalan, who has called for peace negotiations with Erdogan countless times in the past few years."
• Police attacked HDP stand and detained 5 people in Istanbul 

  The police attacked the HDP stand in Kadikoy and detained 5 people.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign: Newroz greetings 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign saluted "the courage and sacrifice of all those Kurds who have suffered extreme discrimination, violence, torture and arrest in pursuit of their beliefs and struggle for freedom and justice".
• KCDK-E issued call for Uğur Şakar 

  Uğur Şakar had set himself on fire in Germany to protest the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan on 20 February.
• Message from Pakistan to Strasbourg: We are with you! 

  The hunger strikers in Strasbourg have received a message of greeting from Pakistan. The former chairman of the Left Barabri Party explains his unconditional solidarity with the Kurdish hunger strike movement.
• Almost 100 dead in ferry catastrophe in Mosul 

  A ferry loaded over its capacity sank on the Tigris River in Mosul, killing almost 100 people.
• Criminal complaint against HDP MPs for saying “Mr. Ocalan” 

  A criminal complaint has been filed against HDP MPs Serpil Kemalbay, Feleknas Uca and Gulistan Kilic Kocyigit for using the phrase “Mr. Ocalan” during their speeches in the Newroz celebrations in Izmir.
• Democratic Kurdish Community Center in Cologne attacked 

  Cologne DKTM was attacked by fascists late last night.
• Sakar martyred in isolation protest 

  Ugur Sakar, who had set himself on fire in Krefeld, Germany in February, lost his life in the hospital he was being treated in.
• HDP MP Dündar: Lifting isolation means solving problems 

  Dündar said that everyone in every neighborhood, street and house in Kurdistan have isolation as priority and stressed the need to listen to the call of the hunger strikers.
• "Equal opportunities must be guaranteed for the HDP in elections" 

  Three Swedish politicians stressed the need for Turkey to ensure equal opportunities and rights to the HDP and opposition parties in local elections scheduled for 31 March.
• Tale of two brothers on hunger strike in prison 

  Berxwedan and Dozdar Şimşek have joined the hunger strike resistance in prisons. Their parents called on everyone to play their part and urged the authorities to accept the hunger strikers’ demands.