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• Solidarity with Leyla Güven in Amed 

  Despite the police blockade, a group of people managed to reach Leyla Güven's apartment yesterday and loudly expressed their solidarity with the hunger strikers.
• HDP Bismil co-mayor candidates met the people 

  HDP continued to present the co-mayor candidates for 31 March local elections.
• Protest against isolation in Athens, Nice and Mantes la Jolie 

  Protests are being organised throughout Europe to demand the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Demo in Italy to mark 20th anniversary of Öcalan’s capture 

  The rally is being organised in Rome and is expected to attract a huge crowd.
• Brazil calculates ecological damages after the Brumadinho tragedy 

  The number of dead in Brazil reached 121 while the multinational responsible of the mine exploitation is protested against in Switzerland.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 49 

  “We must stand up. Otherwise see, what happened to Afrin? What happened to Kirkuk? If we don't stand up, the entire Kurdistan could go from our hands.”
• Thousands rallied in Istanbul in solidarity with hunger strikers 

  Promoted to demand the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, the rally also called on everyone to support the hunger strike led by DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven.
• Swedish deputy: The world should take a stand 

  Swedish Left Party MP Ali Esbati said they support the demands of Leyla Güven and hunger strikers.
• Colombian army operation against dissident guerrillas killed ten 

  One of the dead was former FARC commander Rodrigo Cadetei.
• Three-day ‘Long March’ started in Hildesheim 

  About 150 participants covered about 16 kilometers on the first day of the long march on the route between Hildesheim and Sarstedt.
• Strasbourg hunger striker Koç remains under observation 

  Doctor Gülşen confirmed that Koç refused to receive treatment and remains under observation.
• Long march in Belgium on the second day 

  A long march is taking place in Belgium to protest the isolation of Ocalan.
• HDP rally in Istanbul in solidarity with hunger strikers 

  Today a rally is due to be held in Istanbul to demand of removal of Ocalan’s isolation, and to support the hunger strike campaign. People are moving towards the meeting location since early this morning.
• "Kışanak, Tuncel and all political prisoners should be released" 

  Former mayor of Hannover, Herbert Schmalstieg, reacted to the sentences against Kışanak and Tuncel, and called for the release of all political prisoners in Turkey.
• Swedish Left Party member supports Kurdish hunger strikers 

  Recalling that the Left Party of Sweden brought the Kurdish hunger strike campaign to the agenda of the Swedish Parliament, Svennelig gave the message that their solidarity with the Kurdish people will continue.
• Kurdish hunger striker hospitalized in Toronto refuses treatment 

  Yusuf Iba who is on indefinite hunger strike in Toronto, has been hospitalized and refused treatment.
• Call on US to help keep peace process alive? 

  US Congressmen could once again be called on to act in support of peace in Ireland after the British government openly reneged on a deal to prevent a hard border after Brexit.
• Theatre against new border in Ireland 

  Mock wall ‘smashed’ by Sinn Fein leaders Mary Lou McDonald, Michelle O'Neill and Martina Anderson.
• HDP on Tuncel and Kışanak sentence: the coup is going on! 

  "The local court, proving that it was acting under the order of the ruling power, has in fact punished democratic politics with this sentence against Tuncel and Kışanak."
• Kışanak and Tuncel sentenced to over 14 years in prison 

  Lawyers went through all irregularities at this trial and complained that their defendants were not given the right to defend themselves as stated by the law.
• Kurdish hunger striker: No matter the price, success will be ours 

  ​​​​​​​Families of the hunger strikers in Strasbourg stand behind their relatives and stress that resistance will go on.
• Two Kurdish activists go on indefinite hunger strike in Vienna 

  In the Austrian capital Vienna, two Kurdish activists, Şivan Ağaoğlu and Sultan Yigit have launched an indefinite hunger strike to protest the isolation of the Kurdish people’s leader, Abdullah Ocalan.
• Iranian guard killed in attack by unknown gunmen 

  A base of the Iranian Basij in Sistan and Baluchistan province was targeted by unknown gunmen this morning.
• Demonstration for Ocalan in France’s Champigny-sur-Marne commune 

  The mayor of Champigny from the French Communist Party (PCF), the commune councils and candidates held a demonstration to support the hunger strike campaign and protest the isolation of Abdullah Ocalan.
• Peace Mothers: Isolation means war, Ocalan means peace 

  Peace Mothers have expressed their solidarity with Leyla Guven, stated that Ocalan’s isolation was a crime against humanity, and demanded for its immediate removal.