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• HDP’s Yagizay: Harshest EP report on Turkey in 14 years 

  HDP Representative for the Council of Europe Faik Yagizay and HDP Representative for the European Union Eyup Doru spoke about the report on Turkey which was voted on at the European Parliament yesterday evening.
• Swedish MP: All countries should object to the isolation 

  Swedish MP Bodil Valero visited the unlimited non-alternating hunger strike activists in Strasbourg and said, “All countries, let alone the European Union and its member states, should have objected to this isolation that has continued for years.
• Buldan: We won’t give up the struggle for democracy and justice 

  "People are on hunger strike demanding the end of isolation, demanding justice and law to be respected. You cannot play three monkeys, we won’t accept this and we condemn this.”
• U.S. sees Turkish offensive in Syria as unnecessary: Official 

  The United States is not discussing a Turkish offensive in northeast Syria with Turkey and believes no such operation is needed to address Ankara’s security concerns, a U.S. official told Reuters on Wednesday, dismissing media reports to the contrary.
• 5 prisoners on hunger strike in Gebze in critical condition 

  5 prisoners who went on a hunger strike on December 16 in the Gebze Type M Prison are now in a critical condition.
• HDP Amed offices raided again 

  HDP Amed offices were raided by the police today at 07:20, for the third time.
• Protests against isolation in four European cities 

  Protests and demonstrations against isolation were held in Toulouse, Vienna, the Hague and Stuttgart.
• Dilek Öcalan joined press conference at European Parliament 

  Former deputy Dilek Öcalan joined a press conference at the European Parliament organised to expose the Turkish state's crimes against humanity and the silence of Europe about isolation in Imrali.
• EU accession negotiations with Turkey suspended 

  The European Parliament adopted Turkey report calling on EU leaders to formally suspend accession talks and show solidarity with Turkey’s democrats.
• Kurds in Milan met with Antigone association 

  Verdolin remarked that providing a system that allows a transparent monitoring of the situation in prisons is especially important for countries like Turkey and added: “We will deal with this issue and we will do our best.”
• Families of hunger strikers met Die Linke MPs in Parliament 

  The families talked about the worsening health situation of the hunger strikers and said it was urgent to take action.
• HDP’s Temelli: Turkey is in a deep crisis  

  Turkey’s politics is based on the one-man regime. The way to overcome this crisis is local democracy. It is the participation of the public in the administration itself. And Kurds will be leading this political struggle."
• Day 87 in Strasbourg: Let's step up the resistance 

  Hunger striker Ramazan Imir pointed out that they are ready to pay any price to succeed.
• Hunger strike resistance in Vienna reached day 40 

  The two hunger strikers sent their greetings from Vienna to all the hunger strikers, including DTK co-chair and HDP Hakkari MP Leyla Güven and urged all Kurds and their friends to be more active and give voice to the resistance.
• MEP visits Kurdish hunger strikers: Your struggle is our struggle 

  One of the 14 Kurdish hunger strikers in Strasbourg, Gülistan Ike said that they want the support of the European peoples, especially women and said they are sure of their success as this struggle is for future generations.
• Harsh criticism for Ankara and Brussels from EP 

  The draft resolution proposing the suspension of Turkey’s accession negotiations with the EU was discussed in the EP in yesterday’s general assembly, and will be voted on today. The hunger strikes were discussed in the EP session.
• Vengeance Teams: Our units downed the helicopter in Istanbul 

  The Martyr Ciyager and Martyr Zeryan Vengeance Teams assumed responsibility for the downing of the helicopter in Istanbul’s Cekmekoy on February 11.  The Vengeance Teams stressed that the action was done against the isolation imposed upon Ocalan.
• Protesting German-Turkish weapons alliance considered crime 

  Germany is racing Turkey in punishments and bans. Two anti-war activists protesting Rheinmetall for taking on the manufacture of panzer tanks for the Erdogan regime have been fined 15.000 Euros each. The activists are refusing to pay the the fine.
• ECHR convicts Turkey in Ozgur Gundem case 

  ECHR issued a fine to Turkey in the case about the shut down Ulkede Ozgur Gundem newspaper.
• Turkish occupation of Afrin discussed at UN Human Rights session 

  American international conflict analyst Dr. Thoreau Redcrow underlined that a policy of ethnic cleansing is being carried out in the Afrin region since its occupation by the Turkish state.
• Strasbourg resistance: Day 87 

  Hunger striker Sarikaya indicated the necessity of increasing the resistance with different actions all over Europe and said that the resistance can destroy the walls of Imrali.
• The JEP and the rights of women, sit-in in Bogota 

  Progressive organisations have organised a sit-in in the Plazoleta de San Francisco, in Bogota, this Wednesday, at 5 pm, to denounce the breaches by the Colombian government and defend the peace process.
• 4 HDP hunger strikers imprisoned in Amed 

  4 HDP members who started hunger strike against the isolation of Öcalan in Amed and were later detained in a police raid, have been sent to prison.
• Buldan: We will take back what was taken from us on 31 March 

  "Isolation is a crime against humanity and must be lifted. Like every human being in prisons, like every prisoner, Mr. Öcalan must be granted his rights. This right of visit is denied and thus Turkey’s own law is not complied with.”
• Action by Kurdish youth against isolation in NRW Parliament 

  The protest aims to protest against the isolation imposed on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and call attention to the hunger strike campaign demanding an end to the isolation executed by the Turkish state.