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• Şakar who burned himself against isolation in critical condition 

  Şakar remains in critical condition.
• Abdullah Öcalan Democracy Foundation soon to be announced 

  The Conference hosted by Lord Glassman at the House of Lords decided to establish the Abdullah Öcalan Democracy Foundation.
• Strasbourg hunger striker: Pressure on CPT should be increased 

  ​​​​​​​Hunger striker and journalist Gülistan Çiya Ike stressed that the resistance led by Leyla Güven has been given a loud voice.
• Doctors turned away police wanting to take a statement from Şakar 

  Pouring petrol over him in front of Krefeld Court, Şakar has been quickly taken to hospital and he is said in a serious condition.
• Uğur Şakar burned himself to protest the isolation of Öcalan 

  "The people should embrace the hunger strikers and the Leader. Be Serok Jiyan na be. Bijî Serok Apo.”
• Doctor Fincancı visited Leyla Güven 

  "In Turkey's prisons there are some 300 prisoners on hunger strike. The authorities should end isolation in Turkey and prevent people from dying.”
• HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli visited Leyla Güven 

  HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli visited Leyla Güven who has reached day 105 of hunger strike.
• “German government criticizes the isolation but does nothing” 

  Elke Dangeleit analyzed the German government’s stance on the isolation against Ocalan and said raids aiming “not to anger Erdogan” were preferred rather than efforts to prevent loss of human life.
• Strasbourg hunger strikers' call to European public opinion 

  "We call on the European community to support our demand, and to insist that relevant institutions and governments take urgent action," said Yüksel Koç on behalf of the hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• Kurdish activist starts hunger strike outside the UN office 

  Kurdish hunger strike campaign against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continues growing.
• German ISIS members in YPG custody in limbo 

  Following the call US President Donald Trump made, the discussion on the future of German citizen ISIS members in YPG custody has heated up. Some politicians demand the ISIS members be stripped of their citizenship.
• Swiss Minister: Swiss ISIS members should be tried there 

  Switzerland’s Minister of Justice Karin Keller-Sutter announced that they “prefer” Swiss citizens who joined ISIS to face trial in Syria and Iraq.
• CPT avoids straight answers on Kurdish hunger strikes 

  Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture Executive Secretary Regis Brillat avoided giving straight answers on questions about the hunger strikes and said they are engaged in “active dialogue” with Turkish officials.
• Strasbourg resistance on day 66 

  Support for the ongoing indefinite hunger strike in Strasbourg is growing by the day.
• AKP defeated early in Igdir and Kars: Candidates withdrawn 

  AKP has withdrawn their candidates for the local elections in Kars and Igdir, fearing increasing support for the HDP in the two cities. They will be backing MHP’s candidate.
• Democratic Coalition Britain visit Sis 

  Kurdish activist Ilhan Sis, who continues his hunger strike in Newport, Wales, is receiving visitors. Among today’s visitors were representatives from the Democratic Coalition, which includes the Alevi Federation.
• Anderson: international community needs to act to save Leyla 

  Anderson made a call to the international community, that, she said “needs to act to save the life of Leyla Guven and all other Kurdish hunger strikers and demand and end to the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.”
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 65 

  The 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg re protesting the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Letter from Selahattin Demirtaş to the EP and PACE members 

  "This rightful, legal and legitimate demand is a realistic one that can make concrete and direct contributions to the security, peace and stability of Turkey, Syria and Europe," wrote Selahattin Demirtaş in a letter regarding the hunger strikes.
• Irish MEP visits Leyla Güven on day 104 of fast 

  Irish MEP Martina Anderson visited Kurdish politician Leyla Güven who has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 104 days.
• Hunger striker Tuzak reached day 38 of fast 

  Mustafa Tuzak is carrying on his hunger strike in the city of Duisburg.
• HDP Mardin Provincial co-chair remanded in custody 

  HDP Mardin Provincial co-chair, who had been taken into custody on 30 January 30, was remanded in custody.
• 8 more prisoners went on an indefinite hunger strike in Şakran 

  It has been learned that 8 more prisoners joined the indefinite hunger strike resistance in Şakran Prison in the western province of İzmir.
• German Die Linke delegation visits Xelil on hunger strike 

  The German Die Linke party visited Şiyar Xelil who is on hunger strike in Nuremberg demanding the end of the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Yazidi organizations in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikes 

  Several Yazidi organizations have called for strong participation in the demonstration to be held in front of the CPT office in Strasbourg.