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• Two-day march kicks off in Bremen-Oldenburg 

  Kurds and their friends in Europe are organising various actions to protest the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
• More support from Sweden for Leyla Guven 

  Left Party Gävle Provincial Chair Tord Fredriksen issued a video message in solidarity with the hunger strikers and against the isolation.
• March against the isolation of Ocalan in Cologne 

  Kurds in Europe continue protesting the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
• Ambulance called for Gulistan Ike on hunger strike in Strasbourg 

  An ambulance was called when Gulistan Ike, one of the 14 hunger strikers in Strasbourg, worsened.
• Hashd al-Shaabi and Hezbollah Brigades in Iraq threaten the US 

  The pro-Iran Hashd al-Shaabi and Hezbollah Brigades officials in Iraq threatened the US.
• Day two of the long march for Ocalan in Duisburg 

  SPD state parliamentarian Frank Börner visited the DTKM and condemned the intervention of Duisburg police, stating that attempting to arrest a hunger striker was against human rights.
• International Imralı Peace Delegation to visit Turkey  

  Before their talks in Ankara, two members of the delegation, Ögmundur Jónasson and Connor Hayes, will also visit the activists participating in a hunger strike in Strasbourg, France.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg on day 54 

  Members from Paris, Zurich and Saarbrucken Kurdish People’s Assemblies visited the hunger strike.
• A song for ‘Leyla’ 

  Tens of artists sang a song called ‘Leyla’ in order to support Kurdish MP Leyla Guven who is on hunger strike to protest Ocalan’s isolation.
• 1,064 dead and missing in Spanish waters in 2018 

  According to official and NGOs data, 1,064 people (dead and missing), is the number of victims on the coasts of southern Spain as a result of emigration during 2018.
• Legal persecution of former Brazilian president continues 

  The detention made it possible to separate Lula from the electoral campaign, when he headed opinion polls, and open the way to the election of far-right candidate, Jair Bolsonaro.
• Kurdish activist goes on hunger strike in Giessen 

  Kurdish hunger strike campaign against the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan continues growing.
• HDP Co-chair Temelli: We can stop this free fall 

  "In Turkey, lawlessness has become the norm. This lawlessness has become so ordinary that it is no longer possible to speak of justice, judicial independence," said HDP Co-chair Sezai Temelli.
• Father of three on hunger strike in Strasbourg for Ocalan 

  “I spoke to my wife before deciding to join the hunger strike. She said it might be difficult because of the children. I expressed my feelings to her. She respected the decision, and said she would always support me. I am glad and honored to be here.”
• ‘If I sacrifice my life, will this darkness end?’ 

  Hunger striker in Strasbourg determined to break Ocalan’s isolation.
• Three-day march for Ocalan in Hamburg 

  On Saturday, the marchers will take part in an action in front of the Sternschanze train station – the action is organized by German organizations, and aims to show solidarity with Rojava.
• DGH: 18 workplaces, 6 factories and 2 warehouses set on fire 

  DGH claimed 6 actions in Istanbul, 2 in Konya, 1 in Manisa, 2 in Izmir, 5 in Denizli, 1 in Mersin, 1 in Kocaeli and 1 in Ankara.
• Intellectuals call on the Swedish government to act for Güven 

  A call by intellectuals living in Sweden was published on the State Television’s web page.
• Aberdeen Trade Union Council urges action for Hunger Strikers 

  At their monthly meeting, Aberdeen Trades Union Council (ATUC) delegates voiced their support for the hundreds of Kurds currently on indefinite hunger strike, and demanded action to end to the isolation of Kurdish political leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• German police tried to arrest Kurdish hunger striker in Duisburg 

  German police today attempted to arrest Mustafa Tuzak, a Kurdish activist who is on hunger strike in Duisburg to protest the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
• Important legal victory for Kurds in Germany 

  The Dusseldorf Administrative Court ruled that the police banning the march NAV-DEM wanted to hold under the title “End the War in Afrin” was against the law.
• Kurdish hunger striker in Nurnberg: Ocalan is our mind and heart 

  Kurdish hunger striker Şiyar Xelîl: “We say ‘Life is not possible without Ocalan’ because he is our language, our culture, our mind, our heart and the very sense of our being. We have gone on a hunger strike for the freedom of our leader.”
• Long march against isolation started in Germany 

  A long march has been launched in Germany to protest against the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
• Kurdish hunger striker in Toronto visited by mothers 

  A group of Kurdish mothers met with Yusuf Iba, a Kurdish activist who is on hunger striker in Toronto to protest Ocalan’s isolation.
• Turks are fleeing to Germany 

  According to the Federal Bureau of Immigration and Refugees (BAMF), the number of Turkish citizens who applied for asylum in Germany has increased fivefold.