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• Australian senator tabled a motion to parliament for Güven 

  Motion tabled at Australian Parliament on day 100 of Leyla Güven's hunger strike.
• French MPs issue call for Rojava and hunger strikes 

  Dozens of MP and senator women from various political parties in France called on the country to take urgent initiative with the UN Security Council and to support Rojava, targeted by Turkey, as well as Kurdish women on hunger strikes against isolation.
• Two more prisoners go on indefinite hunger strike 

  The Kurdish hunger strike campaign against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continues growing.
• Long March for Öcalan in south France on day 3 

  The long march in south France continues on the third day.
• 11 people detained in Bursa 

  Political genocide operations of the Turkish regime continue.
• Rome to protest the international conspiracy against Öcalan 

  Ocalan had first landed in Italy, in November 1998, but subsequently left Italy. By the time he was granted political asylum here he had already been captured and brought to Imrali.
• March for freedom in Strasbourg: Isolation will be broken! 

  Tens of thousands of people have flocked to Strasbourg from all over Europe and are marching with the slogans, “Freedom for Ocalan” and “Leyla Guven is our honor”.
• Kurdish hunger strikes on Federal German Parliament’s agenda 

  The Kurdish hunger strike campaign demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Ocalan was brought to the agenda of the German Parliament. Die Linke MP Akbulut asked the Merkel government what they think about the isolation in Imrali and hunger strikes.
• Tens of thousands gather in Strasbourg to rally for Öcalan 

  Masses from several European countries have started to gather in Strasbourg to protest the February 15 international conspiracy and salute the hunger strike campaign to break the isolation.
• International conspiracy against Öcalan protested in Sydney 

  The international conspiracy against Abdullah Öcalan has been protested by the Kurds and their friends all around the world.
• Ögmundur Jónasson: We want to be the voice of Leyla Güven 

  Iceland's former Interior and Justice minister Ogmundur Jónasson, who has visited Turkey as part of an international delegation, said the isolation imposed on Ocalan was an act against humanity.
• Protest for Ocalan outside Turkish embassy in Bolivia 

  In front of the Turkish Embassy in the Bolivian capital La Paz, women demonstrated for the freedom of the PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan and expressed their solidarity with the resistance of Leyla Güven.
• Argentina: Freedom for Öcalan, solidarity with Leyla Güven 

  The activists demanded freedom for the Kurdish People’s Leader Öcalan and expressed solidarity with the HDP deputy Leyla Güven, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan for 100 days.
• Brazilian Left Front in solidarity with Leyla Güven 

  100 days of hunger strike: ​Leyla Güven is joined by more than 300 people in hunger strike against Turkey’s authoritarian regime and for the ending of solitary confinement of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police attacked the Long March for Ocalan in Wales 

  Activists joining the Long March from London to Wales for Ocalan have been attacked by the police.
• Internationalists call for revolutionary struggle against fascism 

  Kurdish and internationalist demonstrators who marched from three directions to Strasbourg to protest the 20th anniversary of the international conspiracy, today held a rally outside the Council of Europe and stated that the isolation will be broken.
• Yazidi women to join the rally against isolation in Strasbourg 

  The Yazidi Women Umbrella Council (SMJE) has denounced the February 15 international conspiracy against Abdullah Ocalan, calling for strong participation in February 16 rally in Strasbourg, France.
• Long march for Ocalan in southern France on day two 

  The three-day march in southern France is on its second day.
• Sarıyıldız: Kurds have been living under siege for 20 years 

  Three long marches were organised from Luxembourg, Basel and Mannheim to reach Strasbourg today.
• Rally after long marches merged in Strasbourg 

  Marches from Mannheim, Luxembourg and Basel to Strasbourg were organised to condemn once again the International Conspiracy which, on 15 February 1999, led to the abduction of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Internationalists met hunger strikers in Strasbourg  

  “We are the people who have been affected by Öcalan's democratic confederalism idea. The isolation against Öcalan is actually an isolation against all peoples. We want to see Öcalan free.”
• HDP Ağrı Co-mayoral candidate jailed 

  HDP Ağrı Co-mayoral candidate who was detained in political genocide operations, has been jailed.
• Long marches arrived in Strasbourg 

  Three long marches started from Basel, Mannheim and Luxemburg have arrived in the French city of Strasbourg.
• HDP, DTK, HDK and DBP call for an end to the isolation of Öcalan 

  HDP, DTK, HDK and DBP held a press conference to mark both the 20th anniversary of the 15 February international conspiracy and the 100th day of the hunger strike of Leyla Güven.
• Why are the internationalists marching for Ocalan? 

  Seventy-five internationalist activists who have marched 223 kilometers from Luxemburg demanding Ocalan’s freedom, believe that Ocalan is an influential philosopher who possesses a vision for the concerns of our time.