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• Galatasaray Mothers met Plaza de Mayo mothers 

  The conference was attended by TIHV and IHD executives, Saturday Mothers, relatives of disappeared people from Amed and Şırnak, relatives of disappeared people in Argentina as well as a large number of people.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 148 

  Today the 14 activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 148 of their fast demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Rally in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Marseille  

  Hundreds of people in Marseille protested the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hunger strikers in Paris received solidarity visits 

  AvEG-Kon member H. Özkan Özdemir continues his hunger strike in Paris. He has begun fasting on 1 April and has even joined by other activists.
• British deputies visited hunger strikers in London 

  Brighton MP Russell Lloyd Russell-Moyle said the fact that Öcalan was finally allowed to be visited by his lawyers was a positive step but added that it was necessary that these visits were granted in a regular way.
• Protest against wall built in Afrin 

  A protest was promoted in Copenhagen to protest the wall built by Turkey in Afrin.
• Meeting in Graz to support hunger strike resistance 

  A meeting took place in the Austrian city of Graz to support the hunger strike resistance.
• Kurds protested isolation in Montpellier and Toulouse 

  Kurds protested isolation in Montpellier and Toulouse.
• Demo in solidarity with the hunger strikers in Paris 

  Kurds and their friend promoted a demonstration in support to the hunger strikers in Paris. 
• Prisoners’ families in Bakirkoy: We will come every day 

  The police stopped the demonstration by prisoners’ families in front of the Bakirkoy Prison. The families said, “Whatever you do, we will come here every day.”
• Prisoners’ families: We need courage to break the isolation 

  Prisoners’ families spoke about the hunger strikes their children are on and said: “Our children’s demands are our demands, we stand with them. We need courage to break the isolation.”
• Human chain against isolation in Dusseldorf 

  Kurds demonstrate in Dusseldorf, Germany today to raise awareness for the massive hunger strike protest. German police attacked the mass on the ground of Öcalan’s photograph.
• Former intelligence chief admits to “Turkish imams as agents” 

  Former president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution Hans Georg Maaßen said the DITIB member imams are working for Turkish intelligence.
• Amedspor’s income confiscated 

  Amedspor’s income has been confiscated due to the team’s inability to cover the stadium costs.
• Governor of Siirt bans actions for hunger strikes 

  The Turkish regime resorts to any means possible to prevent the expressions of solidarity with the massive hunger strike resistance.
• Canadian MP visited Kurdish hunger striker Iba in Toronto 

  International solidarity with the Kurdish hunger strike resistance is growing.
• Leyla Güven reached day 185 of her hunger strike 

  HDP Hakkari MP and DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has reached day 185 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Death faster Aydın: Let's spread the resistance everywhere! 

  The hunger strike resistance led by HDP MP Leyla Güven to demand the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has been joined by thousands of prisoners in Turkey and North Kurdistan and dozens of activists all around the world.
• Protests against Afrin wall held in Zurich and Nicosia 

  Kurds living in Europe protested against the wall built by the occupying Turkish state in Afrin.
• Demo in Vienna to protest isolation and PM Kruz 

  The isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was condemned in Vienna at a demo protesting Austrian Prime Minister Kruz.
• Imam Şiş: Day 146 of hunger strike 

  On Thursday Prime Minister Theresa May agreed the hunger strike campaign was “a big issue.”
• 30 prisoners on death fast 

  Two groups of 15 prisoners are now on death fast, the first started on 30 April while the second on 10 May.
• 9 women against isolation detained in Ankara 

  People taking to the streets in solidarity with hunger strike activists are faced with brutal police aggression in Turkey and North Kurdistan.
• 7 demonstrators and a journalist detained in Istanbul 

  Turkish police continue brutal aggressions against mothers and relatives of prisoners on hunger strike.
• Demo against isolation in front of the European Commission 

  Demonstrations against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan continue all around Europe.