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• Support for Imam Sis from Wales 

  Various groups offer support to Imam Sis, who continues his hunger strike on day 71 in Newport, Wales.
• Tribute to Sakine Cansiz in International Peoples’ Conference  

  The International Peoples’ Conference in Venezuela organized by the Landless Workers' Movement commemorated Sakine Cansiz.
• MKP prisoner goes on solidarity hunger strike 

  MKP prisoner Kadir Yıldız is on a 10-day hunger strike in solidarity with the Kurdish hunger strikers demanding an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Internationalists martyred in Rojava remembered in Greece 

  One year ago, Icelandic internationalist Haukur Hilmarsson was martyred in a Turkish artillery attack in Rojava. He and the internationalists martyred in Rojava in the Greek city of Lavrio.
• YPG fighter Ashley Johnston remembered in Australia 

  Australian YPG fighter Ashley Johnston who lost his life in Rojava has been commemorated by his grave at the fourth anniversary of his martyrdom in the battle against ISIS.
• What is happening in Venezuela? 

  It was a tense weekend in Venezuela and its borders with Colombia and Brasil.
• Corsican politician Alfonsi visited hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  Alfonsi criticised France's policy and said the entire Middle East situation should be addressed in a different way in Europe, recognising the true friends and condemning authoritarian regimes who are oppressing their people, especially women.
• New discrimination for Irish people in the North? 

  At least ten people received letters last month from the Electoral Office, which said their right to vote would be limited by their decision to identify themselves as Irish.
• Demonstrations against isolation all over Europe 

  Demonstrations were held in Karlsruhe, Frankfurt, Mannheim, in Germany as well as in Paris and La Rochelle in France and in Basel in Switzerland to protest isolation and support hunger strikers.
• Peruvian activist to meet Kurds in London 

  Veteran Peruvian activist Hugo Blanco will meet Kurdish people and internationalists in London.
• HDP’s Temelli on hunger strike: Act now before is too late 

  "Hundreds of people are on a hunger strike together with Leyla Güven. They are fasting for justice and democracy. Every passing hour means that we risk to be late. A step must be taken before it’s too late.”
• Protest against isolation in Paris: We are all Leyla 

  Kurds in Paris protested the isolation of Öcalan and saluted Leyla Güven and other hunger strikers.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 69 

  The hunger strikers declared that they are determined to continue their hunger strike until they will destroy the wall built around Imrali by the AKP-MHP fascism.
• Swiss MP: Isolation is unacceptable  

  “Yes, Erdoğan won the elections with a remarkable vote. But it does not change the fact that he is a dictator. Elections are sometimes made to legitimize a dictator. There are many examples of this in history.”
• Protest against isolation in Melbourne 

  The isolation of Öcalan was protested and hunger strikers were saluted in Melbourne.
• Kassel: "We will prevail if our people increase their support" 

  Activists in Kassel have been on a hunger strike for 26 days against the isolation. The activists say, “We will prevail if our people increase their support.”
• German weapons giant finally sentenced 

  The weapons giant Heckler & Koch, the manufacturers of G36 -the “death machine” used by murderous states throughout the world, from Kurdistan to Nicaragua- was finally sentenced by a German court.
• Demirtas appeals to the ECHR Grand Chamber 

  Selahattin Demirtas is appealing to the ECHR Grand Chamber for the unfavorable points of the ruling on his case which included an order for his release.
• Kurdish politician jailed in Germany released from prison 

  Mahmut Kaya who was arrested in Germany last year, has been released on probation.
• Swiss Court: Fighting ISIS is honourable 

  Syriac Swiss citizen Johan Cosar has stood trial for fighting against ISIS in northern Syria.
• Urgent appeal for solidarity with hunger strikes 

  Call for a meeting to set up a solidarity platform in Belgium.
• Protest against isolation in Rome 

  Activists marched in support of HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven.
• Basel supports hunger strikers 

  The action promoted in Basel on Friday to support hunger strikers ended with a call to join the march in Zurich, today.
• Hunger strikers in Strasbourg speak up - Deniz Sürgüt 

  At this critical phase of the hunger strike action, ANF shares the messages sent to the public opinion by some of the hunger strikers.
• Civil disobedience action in the CoE office in Bonn 

  Ongoing protests are being organised all around Europe by Kurds and their friends.