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• Hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 58 

  On Tuesday a French Communist Party (PCF) delegation coming from the Val d’Oise province visited hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• Internationalists in Long March: Isolation is against humanity 

  The internationalists marching from Luxembourg to Strasbourg: The isolation imposed upon Mr. Ocalan is against humanity.
• Heading to Strasbourg… 

  Activists saluted the resistance of Leyla Güven and the other hunger strikers by underlining that “The resistance will break isolation.”
• Mir Music and Mesopotamia Publishing in Germany put under lock 

  Mir Music and Mesopotamia Publishing have been put under lock after the German government banned the two institutions.
• International Peace Delegation in Ankara: End isolation 

  International Peace Delegation is having talks in Turkey.
• Internationalists in long march demand freedom for Ocalan 

  Internationalists who are marching from Luxemburg to Strasbourg to condemn the international conspiracy, keep chanting ‘Freedom for Ocalan’ in every village and town they are moving through.
• Germany issues scandalous ban against 2 Kurdish institutions 

  Turkish state’s prohibitions have rubbed off on Germany. The Interior Ministry announced a ban against 2 Kurdish cultural-artistic institutions, Mesopotamia Publishing and Mir Music.
• Leyla Guven’s message: We will prevail 

  Leyla Guven sent a message to the HDP group meeting in Parliament.
• Pentagon’s acting chief holds surprise visit to Baghdad 

  US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan held a surprise visit to Iraqi capital Baghdad.
• Canadian YPG martyr’s family visits Kurdish hunger striker 

  Canadian YPG martyr John Robert Gallagher’s family visited Yusuf Iba who is on a hunger strike in Toronto.
• German police raid Kurdish institutions in Neuss 

  As in Turkey, a political campaign of annihilation is being waged against Kurds and their institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• ‘Freedom for Ocalan’ Vigil in Strasbourg on 347th week 

  The Freedom for Ocalan Vigil in Strasbourg is the longest running Kurdish demonstration to date.
• Long March in Berlin ended with a rally 

  The long march to protest the international conspiracy which led to the capture of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, came to an end in Berlin.
• Toronto hunger striker Iba refused treatment and continues fast 

  Iba stressed that he will continue the hunger strike and refuse treatment despite the health problems that may arise.
• Long march against isolation continues in Mannheim 

  Participants of long marches for Ocalan, who set off from Mannheim, Basel and Strasbourg, will meet in Strasbourg on February 16 before joining a huge rally in protest at the international conspiracy against Ocalan that led to his imprisonment in 1999.
• Hunger strikers in Strasbourg on their 57th day of fast 

  Doctor Gülşen stated that the demand of the hunger strikers is very legitimate and he asked everyone to play their part to ensure that this demand is met so to allow the end of the hunger strike.
• Two-day march against isolation in Frankfurt 

  A two-day march has been launched in Frankfurt to protest the isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Mayer: We should bring children of ISIS members to Germany 

  The Federal German Government has no idea what to do with the German citizen ISIS members captured alive by YPG forces. Interior Ministry Undersecretary Stephan Mayer said only the children should be brought to Germany.
• KCK greeted those who say 'another world is possible' 

  The KCK statement stressed that; “To counter this genocide implemented by international global powers on an international level we must wage a great resistance at international level and a great struggle for radical democracy.”
• HDP deputies promoted action for Leyla Güven in Istanbul 

  Before the march activists have met at Taksim Hill Hotel and when they were to start the march with their banners and flags, police cordoned off the hotel.
• Hunger strike in Nuremberg on day 17 

  The hunger strike in the German city of Nuremberg continues on day 17, while a three-day hunger strike has been launched in the city of Lahr to protest the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
• Kurdish hunger strike in Vienna in Austrian media 

  Austrian media has been providing extensive coverage of Sivan Agaoglu and Sultan Yigit’s indefinite nonalternating hunger strikes that started 10 days ago.
• Strasbourg’s message to Long March: Plotters have been defeated 

  The activists in the long march from Basel to Strasbourg launched the day 3 phase of their demonstration. Strasbourg hunger strikers issued a message to salute the long march.
• Internationalists start long march from Luxembourg to Strasbourg 

  The Luxembourg arm of the marches toward Strasbourg to condemn the international plot has kicked off. The activists will cover 200 km in 5 days.
• Demo in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers in Toronto 

  Kurds in Toronto saluted the Kurdish hunger strikers and demanded an end to the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.