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• Kurds protested isolation in Montpellier and Toulouse 

  Kurds protested isolation in Montpellier and Toulouse.
• Demo in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Paris 

  Kurds and their friend promoted a demonstration in support to the hunger strikers in Paris. 
• Prisoners’ families in Bakirkoy: We will come every day 

  The police stopped the demonstration by prisoners’ families in front of the Bakirkoy Prison. The families said, “Whatever you do, we will come here every day.”
• Prisoners’ families: We need courage to break the isolation 

  Prisoners’ families spoke about the hunger strikes their children are on and said: “Our children’s demands are our demands, we stand with them. We need courage to break the isolation.”
• Human chain against isolation in Dusseldorf 

  Kurds demonstrate in Dusseldorf, Germany today to raise awareness for the massive hunger strike protest. German police attacked the mass on the ground of Öcalan’s photograph.
• Former intelligence chief admits to “Turkish imams as agents” 

  Former president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Hans Georg Maaßen said the DITIB member imams are working for Turkish intelligence.
• Amedspor’s income confiscated 

  Amedspor’s income has been confiscated due to the team’s inability to cover the stadium costs.
• Governor of Siirt bans actions for hunger strikes 

  The Turkish regime resorts to any means possible to prevent the expressions of solidarity with the massive hunger strike resistance.
• Canadian MP visited Kurdish hunger striker Iba in Toronto 

  International solidarity with the Kurdish hunger strike resistance is growing.
• Leyla Güven reached day 185 of her hunger strike 

  HDP Hakkari MP and DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has reached day 185 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Death faster Aydın: Let's spread the resistance everywhere! 

  The hunger strike resistance led by HDP MP Leyla Güven to demand the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has been joined by thousands of prisoners in Turkey and North Kurdistan and dozens of activists all around the world.
• Protests against Afrin wall held in Zurich and Nicosia 

  Kurds living in Europe protested against the wall built by the occupying Turkish state in Afrin.
• Demo in Vienna to protest isolation and PM Kruz 

  The isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was condemned in Vienna at a demo protesting Austrian Prime Minister Kruz.
• Imam Şiş: Day 146 of hunger strike 

  On Thursday Prime Minister Theresa May agreed the hunger strike campaign was “a big issue.”
• 30 prisoners on death fast 

  Two groups of 15 prisoners are now on death fast, the first started on 30 April while the second on 10 May.
• 9 women against isolation detained in Ankara 

  People taking to the streets in solidarity with hunger strike activists are faced with brutal police aggression in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• 7 demonstrators and a journalist detained in Istanbul 

  Turkish police continue brutal aggressions against mothers and relatives of prisoners on hunger strike.
• Demo against isolation in front of the European Commission 

  Demonstrations against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continue all around Europe.
• Suspicious soldier death in Van 

  A young Kurdish men doing his mandatory military service in Van was found dead by the security gate he was on guard duty at.
• Police attacked mothers with pressurized water in Amed 

  Mothers with white scarves protesting in Amed for their relatives on hunger strike were attacked by the police with pressurized water. Some protesters fainted.
• Prisoners’ families detained in Bakirkoy 

  The police attacked prisoners’ mothers who were to march to the Bakirkoy Prison and detained several people.
• Syrian regime advances in Idlib 

  The Syrian regime has taken over 11 towns to the west of Idlib while reports say Al Nusra-HTS (Hayat Tahrir Al Sham) withdrew from most of these villages without resistance.
• Leyla Güven: 184 days on hunger strike 

  HDP Hakkari MP and DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has reached day 184 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Today 15 new prisoners will go on death fast 

  "We, as PKK and PAJK prisoners, say that we will raise our resistance with a second group of prisoners who will go on death fast on 10 May."
• Mothers confirmed they will be in Esenyurt square today 

  The mothers confirmed they will be in Esenyurt square today, Friday.