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• PFLP visits Leyla Güven on day 170 of hunger strike 

  Hasan’s visit came after PFLP Politbureau Member Leila Khaled’s visit to Güven last week. Halid had brought greetings to Güven from PFLP Secretary General Ahmed Saadet.
• HDP's Sarısaç: Isolation is against Kurds and forces of democracy 

  HDP MP Murat Sarısaç said the AKP is trying to keep standing through isolation and anti-Kurdish policies and added: “The isolation against Ocalan is imposed upon both the Kurdish people and the forces of democracy.”
• Police blockade in front of Gebze Prison 

  Citizens wanting to issue a statement in front of the Gebze Prison were surrounded by the police.
• Demirtas: Mr. Ocalan has done a respectable job 

  Imprisoned former HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtas pointed out that Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan took on a respectable role for a solution.
• Doctor Gülşen: Hunger strikers in Strasbourg at critical stage 

  Kurds and their friends in European countries are doing all they can to draw attention to the hunger strike resistance in Strasbourg and are well aware that the health of the 14 activists is badly shaken.
• Stockholm activists: Join solidarity hunger strikes 

  The Kurds and their friends, who continue their hunger strike in the tent they opened in Odenplan Square during the day to inform the public opinion, continue their action at the Democratic Kurdish Community Center in the evening.
• Poster campaign in Germany to continue 

  The campaign launched by Tatort Kurdistan and the feminist movement ‘Let’s fight together’, is called # 7000 against isolation (# 7000gegenIsolation).
• Agiri: Step up solidarity with the hunger strikers! 

  Serhat Agiri, a member of the organizing committee of the hunger strike action in Strasbourg, underlined that support to the resistance, especially by the mothers of the prisoners, will be effective in breaking the isolation.
• Mothers of hunger strikers organised sit-in in Istanbul 

  The mothers of the hunger strikers held a sit-in in Esenyurt Square in Istanbul after being attacked by police on previous days.
• Hunger striker Iba hospitalized in Toronto 

  The health of hunger strike activists is deteriorating further every passing day.
• KCDK-E called to support the action in London 

  The Democratic Kurdish Society Congress (KCDK-E) called on everyone to support the civil disobedience actions in London.
• Workers' Day celebration to be held in Bakırköy 

  A part from trade unions, the HDP and many civil society organisations will also join the celebration.
• Silent action in Düsseldorf to support the hunger strikers 

  Silence was used to protest against the silence of the European states and the international public opinion who are ignoring the activists on hunger strike.
• Hunger strikers commended in Italy 

  Erdogan's fascism was condemned at the demonstrations organised in Italy to mark the anniversary of the liberation from the nazi-fascism in 1945.
• Turkish soldiers raided villages in Batman 

  Soldiers raided some villages in Batman province and arrested residents.
• Rally in front of EU Parliament: Stop the silence! 

  In front of the Brussels office of the European Parliament, a rally against the ignorance of Europe took place in solidarity with hunger strikes against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Day 2 in civil disobedience at Amnesty International office 

  The civil disobedience action started at the Amnesty International office on Wednesday continues for the second day.
• Relatives of martyrs visited Leyla Güven on 169th day of her fast 

  Solidarity with hunger strike protest against the isolation of Öcalan continues to grow.
• Mothers in Gebze: We will stand by our children to the end 

  Mothers of political prisoners on hunger strike against the isolation in Imrali were barred from protesting in front of the Gebze Prison.
• Civil disobedience against isolation continues in London 

  As the civil disobedience protest launched in the London offices of Amnesty International against the isolation imposed upon Ocalan continues, another act of civil disobedience was carried out in the offices of national television networks.
• HDP's Demir: The entire Turkey is suffering from isolation 

  Esengül Demir, HDP Istanbul Provincial co-chair, said that the repression against the mothers cannot not be met with silence. 
• Nasır Yağız: 156 days on hunger strike 

  HDP Nasır Yağız has reached day 156 of fast in Hewlêr as hunger strike resistance continues throughout South Kurdistan.
• Swiss MP tabled motion on Afrin 

  Swiss deputy Bernhard Guhl drew attention to the ethnic cleansing practices carried out by the Turkish state and its mercenary allies in Afrin and demanded that the Swiss Federal Council take action against it.
• No Workers' Day celebration in Taksim square 

  The request made by trade unions to use Taksim Square in Istanbul to celebrate Workers’ Day, was rejected by Istanbul Governor.
• Leyla Güven: 169 day on hunger strike against isolation 

  HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven has reached day 169 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Öcalan.