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• 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.
• ‘Our people can defeat the isolation by supporting the resistance" 

  Demanding the removal of Ocalan’s isolation, an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike continues on the 48th day in the French city of Strasbourg.
• PCF urges France and EU to act for Kurdish hunger strikers 

  "Kurds are a peacekeeping force in the Middle East. The PCF is indefectibly at their side.”
• Hunger strikers in the Hague: We will resist and prevail 

  Hasbi Çakıcı and Hüseyin Yıldız, Kurdish activists on an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike in the Dutch city of the Hague, said: “We will resist to the end, and we will prevail.”
• Ike: We are ready to pay any price to end isolation 

  Kurdish hunger strike campaign demanding an end to the aggravated isolation regime imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues with resolve.
• KCDK-E: We should all stand up to break isolation 

  “I am being taken to hospital but I will not accept treatment. I will continue this action until President Apo is free from isolation”.
• Three-day march in Belgium to protest Ocalan’s isolation 

  A long march is taking place in Belgium to protest the isolation of Ocalan.
• Two more prisoners go on hunger strike 

  Kurdish hunger strike resistance in prisons continues growing.
• KCDK-E's Koç on hunger strike for 47 days hospitalized - UPDATE 

  KCDK-E Co-chair Yüksel Koç whose health condition has deteriorated on the 47th day of hunger strike in Strasbourg, has been hospitalized.
• Hunger strikers Leyla Guven and Fadile Tok discuss the resistance 

  Hunger strikers against the isolation Leyla Guven and Fadile Tok held a video call.
• Court demands 18 years in prison for former HDP MP Yıldırım 

  The court demands up to 18 years 3 months in prison for imprisoned former HDP MP Gulser Yıldirim.