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• Dundee Trades Council supports Kurdish hunger strikers 

  A statement of support with the hunger strikers was agreed at the Dundee Trades Council meeting.
• Kurds organised demonstration for Öcalan in Düsseldorf 

  Activists underlined that Leyla Güven’s demand to end isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is the demand of the entire Kurdish people.
• Hunger striker Şiş: Raise your voice in support of our demands 

  Ilhan Şiş has been on hunger strike in Wales for 53 days. Şiş has shared his thoughts with ANF.
• Political genocide operation against the HDP in Mardin 

  HDP administrators in Mardin province have been taken into custody.
• Demonstration in Marseille to support hunger strikers 

  A march and rally was promoted in Marseille in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers.
• Hunger strike continues in the Hague 

  Both hunger strikers have been quickly losing weight and are regularly monitored by doctors.
• Demonstrations in Europe to support Kurdish hunger strikers 

  Kurds living in Europe took to the streets across Europe to protest against the aggravated isolation of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan, and demonstrated their support for the activists on hunger strike in Kurdistan and abroad.
• Turkish-Greek company occupied in protest against isolation 

  In the Greek capital, Athens, a group of Kurdish and Greek youth carried out an action and occupied a Turkish-Greek logistic company to protest the isolation of Ocalan in Imrali prison.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 52 

  Hunger strikers in Strasbourg are demanding an end to isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. They joined the hunger strike launched by HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven, and are now on their 52nd day.
• HDP deputies carried photos of Leyla Güven in Parliament 

  After the Peace Vigil in the Assembly, the HDP deputies carried photos of the HDP Hakkari MP into Parliament.
• Towards the national march for Ocalan in Italy 

  The march will be in Rome on 16 February, and will be preceded by a number of different actions in various cities.
• Call for Australia to support an end to the isolation of Öcalan 

  “Australia should support international demands for all MPs imprisoned in Turkey to be freed, for Öcalan’s isolation to be ended immediately and for the Erdoğan regime to enter into meaningful negotiations.”
• Yazidi graves damaged in Batman 

  Sara Gin’s grave was damaged by treasure hunters. Sara Gin is a Pir (Sage) whose grave is in a thousand year old cemetery in the Yazidi village of Yolveren in Batman.
• Three more political prisoners go on hunger strike 

  Hunger strike resistance demanding an end to the isolation of Öcalan continues growing.
• Day 52 of the resistance in Strasbourg 

  During the past 51 days thousands of people from different European states have visited the hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• HDP MPs held ‘Peace Vigil’ in Parliament in solidarity with Güven 

  Deputies of the HDP held a Peace Vigil’ in Parliament in solidarity with Leyla Güven.
• Solidarity visits to Kurdish hunger strikers in Vienna 

  Kurdish hunger strike resistance against the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan continues growing throughout the world.
• Selma Irmak: We will not disappoint our people 

  Former HDP MP Selma Irmak has joined the hunger strike led by Leyla Güven. She said; "We will not disappoint the people who believe in us."
• Artist Ilkay Akkaya visited Leyla Güven 

  HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven has been on hunger strike for 91 days demanding an end to isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP candidates met the people in Akdeniz 

  HDP has accelerated its works ahead of the local elections scheduled for March 31.
• Roboski families visited Leyla Güven 

  The Kurdish politician has been on an indefinite hunger strike for 91 days.
• Hunger strike in Russia continues on day 10 

  Kurdish hunger strike resistance against the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan has spread throughout the world.
• HDP’s Buldan: We promise Leyla, we will break the isolation 

  The HDP Group in Parliament has dedicated its weekly meeting to a single issue: the hunger strikes demanding the end of isolation in Imrali.
• Motion on Leyla Güven’s hunger strike at British Parliament 

  The motion on the hunger strike by Leyla Güven MP has now 40 cross-party members of Parliament who support it. 
• Kurdish hunger strikes to be discussed in Basque parliament 

  “We support the hunger strikers and their demand for an end to isolation against all political prisoners and the recognition of rights for all," said Podemos MP Tinixara Guanche.