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• Meeting on Öcalan’s isolation in Italian parliament 

  Aydemir called on European countries to support the activists in hunger strike resistance.
• Famous Dutch doctor visited Kurdish hunger strikers 

  While the hunger strikers said they would not accept any treatment, the Dutch doctor said he respected the will of the activists.
• Sit-in against the isolation continues in front of EP 

  The sit-in demanding an end to the isolation continues in front of the EP on day 4.
• Repression against ecological campaign 'Make Rojava Green Again' 

  ‘Make Rojava Green Again’ Initiative condemned the repression against Danish activist Anne Dalum.
• Activists in Strasbourg: The isolation will end if we unite 

  The sit-in activists in front of the EP protesting the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan called on everybody to raise the resistance.
• Öcalan’s book promoted in Switzerland 

  The second volume of Democratic Civilization Manifesto which has recently been translated into German is being promoted in Switzerland.
• Hunger strikes continue and grow in Sweden 

  Kurds continue the hunger strike in the central Odenplan Square. They pass out flyers and give speeches throughout the day to inform the public.
• German activists: The fight against the isolation is our fight 

  German activists who held a 3-day hunger strike in Berlin demanding an end to the isolation said, “The fight against the isolation is our fight too.”
• Internationalist Lorenzo Orsetti commemorated in Rome 

  Lorenzo Orsetti (Tekoşer Piling), the Italian internationalist fighter who was martyred in the war against ISIS, was commemorated at the Sapienza University in Rome.
• FARC Senator Sandino: Stop the killings of former FARC guerrillas 

  Already 115 former guerrillas and family members have been killed since the signing of the Final Peace Agreement in 24 November 2016.
• Action to support hunger strikers in Paris 

  ACTIT and SBP members in Paris organised actions near the French Parliament.
• Europe against isolation and in support of hunger strikers  

  Action in solidarity with the hunger strike resistance were held in Germany, Switzerland and France.
• Solidarity with the hunger strikers in Copenhagen 

  An action was taken in Nytorv, one of the busy squares of Copenhagen to inform the people about the hunger strikes and the health situation of the hunger strikers.
• Actions against isolation in London and Brussels 

  Kurds and their friends protested the isolation against Abdullah Öcalan in front of the British Parliament in London and in front of the European Parliament in Brussels.
• Trial of Kurdish politicians started in Germany 

  The trial of 7 Kurdish politicians started in Stuttgart, Germany.
• MEPs visit hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  Two members of the European Parliament visited the indefinite non-alternating hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif met with Erdogan after Assad 

  Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara following his 2-day visit to Syria.
• Switzerland: We are monitoring the hunger strikes closely 

  Switzerland’s Foreign Ministry announced that they are “closely monitoring” the hunger strikes protesting the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Kurds to EP: “Don’t be party to the crime, develop a solution” 

  The sit-in in front of European Union institutions in Strasbourg protesting the aggravated isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan continues on week 4.
• Police attacked HDP people, injured MP Tosun in Amed 

  Demonstrations promoted by the HDP are facing never-ending repression and attacks by the Turkish regime forces.
• Die Linke Co-chair met with PYD delegation in Berlin 

  Die Linke Co-chair Katja Kipping met with a Rojava delegation led by PYD Co-chair Ayse Hiso and called on the Merkel government to end Turkey’s occupation of Afrin.
• HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven reached day 161 of hunger strike 

  The hunger strike resistance led by HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven spread then to Europe and prisons.
• Hunger strikers in Stockholm: End the silence! 

  Activists on hunger strike in Stockholm protested the silence of media and European institutions. 
• Hunger striker Erol Aydemir reached day 27 of fast in Rome 

  Former MEP Luisa Morgantini and Palestinian activist Manal Tamimi visited hunger striker Erol Aydemir in Rome.
• Athens against isolation 

  Protest against isolation in Athens.