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• EP United Left members in solidarity with Guven 

  European Parliament United Left members started an action in solidarity with Leyla Guven and to uphold her demands.
• 25 people detained in 3 cities 

  25 people have been detained in political genocide operations in Istanbul, Kocaeli and Malatya.
• German state lays siege to long march for Ocalan 

  The protesters have been marching from Mannheim towards Strasbourg for days, and were attacked by the police on Tuesday evening. 4 activists were wounded during the attack and many were battered. 
• From Cizre to Strasbourg: We must rise up against brutality 

  Former HDP MP Faysal Sariyildiz, and former co-mayor of Cizre Leyla Imret who both join the long march from Basel to Strasbourg, stated that everyone must resist against the Turkish state’s brutal concept that started from Cizire and continues today.
• British lawyers visited hunger striker Sis in Newport 

  British lawyer and campaign consultant for Peace in Kurdistan, Melanie Gingell, was in Newport at the weekend to visit hunger strikers Ilhan Sis.
• Hunger striker Bokani salutes internationalists of ‘Long March’ 

  Expressing that Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan is not only the leader of the Kurds and that Kurds are not just fighting for their rights, Bokani said that Öcalan has developed a vision that will serve the rights of all peoples.
• Several people including a journalist detained in Istanbul 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide practices and operations.
• Özdemir visits Strasbourg activists: Europe should do more 

  Cansu Özdemir, co-chair of the Hamburg State Parliament Group of Die Linke visited hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• Scottish MEP Ward: Bring Anna home 

  Ward talked about the young British woman Anna Campbell, who was “killed by Turkish forces whilst defending the city of Afrin with the YPJ” a year ago on 16 March. 
• Internationalists of ‘Long March’ condemn German police crackdown 

  Internationalists marching from Luxembourg to Strasbourg condemned the police crackdown against activists marching from Mannheim to Strasbourg.
• German police attacks activists on ‘Long March’ for Ocalan 

  Repression by the German police against Kurdish activists continue while Kurdish institutions are also becoming a growing target for German authorities.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 58 

  On Tuesday a French Communist Party (PCF) delegation coming from the Val d’Oise province visited hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• Internationalists in Long March: Isolation is against humanity 

  The internationalists marching from Luxembourg to Strasbourg: The isolation imposed upon Mr. Ocalan is against humanity.
• Heading to Strasbourg… 

  Activists saluted the resistance of Leyla Güven and the other hunger strikers by underlining that “The resistance will break isolation.”
• Mir Music and Mesopotamia Publishing in Germany put under lock 

  Mir Music and Mesopotamia Publishing have been put under lock after the German government banned the two institutions.
• International Peace Delegation in Ankara: End isolation 

  International Peace Delegation is having talks in Turkey.
• Internationalists in long march demand freedom for Ocalan 

  Internationalists who are marching from Luxemburg to Strasbourg to condemn the international conspiracy, keep chanting ‘Freedom for Ocalan’ in every village and town they are moving through.
• Germany issues scandalous ban against 2 Kurdish institutions 

  Turkish state’s prohibitions have rubbed off on Germany. The Interior Ministry announced a ban against 2 Kurdish cultural-artistic institutions, Mesopotamia Publishing and Mir Music.
• Leyla Guven’s message: We will prevail 

  Leyla Guven sent a message to the HDP group meeting in Parliament.
• Pentagon’s acting chief holds surprise visit to Baghdad 

  US Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan held a surprise visit to Iraqi capital Baghdad.
• Canadian YPG martyr’s family visits Kurdish hunger striker 

  Canadian YPG martyr John Robert Gallagher’s family visited Yusuf Iba who is on a hunger strike in Toronto.
• German police raid Kurdish institutions in Neuss 

  As in Turkey, a political campaign of annihilation is being waged against Kurds and their institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany.
• ‘Freedom for Ocalan’ Vigil in Strasbourg on 347th week 

  The Freedom for Ocalan Vigil in Strasbourg is the longest running Kurdish demonstration to date.
• Long March in Berlin ended with a rally 

  The long march to protest the international conspiracy which led to the capture of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in 1999, came to an end in Berlin.
• Toronto hunger striker Iba refused treatment and continues fast 

  Iba stressed that he will continue the hunger strike and refuse treatment despite the health problems that may arise.