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• Owen: The silence on what is going on in Turkey is shameful 

  "So we want the peace process to begin again in Turkey and who must lead that peace process is Ocalan, and Ocalan cannot lead anything as long as he is in prison."
• AKP’s appeals on election results approved, HDP’s rejected 

  The YSK approved AKP’s appeals objecting to the election results throughout the country, while rejecting HDP’s objections in Gevas, Van.
• AvEG-Kon's hunger strike in Cologne on day 3 

  AvEG-Kon is on day 3 of their hunger strike with German and Basque hunger strikers.
• Hunger strikers hold demonstration in front of Swedish Parliament 

  Hunger strike activists went to the parliament before the session where the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan was to be discussed.
• Canadian-Kurdish children write to Parliament for Iba 

  Kurdish children in Canada wrote a letter to the parliament to promote the purpose of Yusuf Iba, who has been on a hunger strike for 81 days to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Votes to be recounted in Kars and Siirt 

  Appeals presented by the AKP and the MHP were accepted by election authorities.
• 22 people including HDP members detained in Urfa 

  Today’s political genocide operations targeted Halfeti and Birecik districts of Urfa.
• Prisoners representative: We don't approve sacrifice actions 

  Deniz Kaya made a statement about the sacrifice actions in prisons and said: “We do not approve the use of such actions, we must act with organizational integrity."
• Demonstration against isolation in Rome 

  Activists delivered dossiers to many institutions and organizations, including the Italian Parliament and the Democratic Party.
• Swiss lawmakers visited hunger striker Koçak in Geneva 

  Swiss lawmakers visited Kurdish activist Koçak, who is on a hunger strike in Geneva and urged the international opinion to express solidarity with the resistance. 
• HDP politicians and academics in exile began a Vigil in Berlin 

  Several solidarity actions are under way to support the hunger strike resistance led by DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven to demand the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Leyla Güven’s letter read at EP 

  HDP MP Leyla Güven is on her day 146 of indefinite hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP objects to election results in Akdeniz, Dargecit and Bitlis 

  HDP filed objections to the election results in the Akdeniz and Dargecit districts and the Bitlis province.
• Severe health warning for 14 hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  Doctors issued a warning that the activists in Strasbourg, France who have been on a hunger strike for 107 days against the isolation imposed upon Ocalan could permanently lose several organs and are in danger due to possible cardiac complications.
• YSK ruling favors AKP: Votes to be recounted in Ercis won by HDP 

  The YSK has ruled for a recount in the local elections in Van's Ercis district where the HDP won after the AKP objected to the results.
• Political prisoner ends his life to protest Öcalan's isolation 

  More prisoners are ending their life to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hunger strikers in Sweden hold protest in Foreign Ministry 

  Two officials from the Foreign Ministry received the protesters.
• Amed victory dedicated to Kisanak and Anli 

  Newly elected Amed Metropolitan Municipality Co-mayors issued a thank you message and said, “We dedicate this victory by our people of Amed to Gultan Kisanak, Firat Anli and all co-mayors whose rights have been confiscated.”
• Kurds on day 2 of sit-in in front of CoE 

  Kurds in Europe are on day 2 of the mass sit-in in front of the Council of Europe.
• Solidarity hunger strike started in London 

  “As hunger strikers melt away ounce by ounce every day, what needs to be done is total resistance. As tens of thousands of people resist, what needs to be done is total resistance.”
• 6-month tent demonstration launched in Hildesheim 

  A tent demonstration that will continue for 6 months was launched in Hildesheim, Germany to show solidarity with the hunger strikers and demand an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• Isolation to be discussed in Swedish Parliament today 

  The aggravated isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan by the Turkish state and the hunger strikes in prisons and in Europe protesting the isolation will be discussed in today’s session in the Swedish Parliament.
• Prisoners’ families not allowed in Ankara  

  Families of prisoners on hunger strikes against the isolation traveled to Ankara but were not allowed into the capital. They continue to wait by the city's entrance.
• Governor of Muş banned meetings, marches and press conferences 

  The decision comes after the local election in which 2,500 votes to the HDP were considered invalid after an appeal. 
• Action in Lucerne against isolation 

  An action was organised in the city of Lucerne to protest the absolute isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan