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• Lavrov: Turkey has not fully implemented the Idlib agreement 

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Turkey has not fully fulfilled the Idlib agreement signed between Putin and Erdoğan on 17 September 2018.
• Attack kills 21 Syrian soldiers near Idlib 

  21 members of Syrian government forces were killed in an attack by al-Qaeda-affiliated jihadist militia Anzar al-Tauhid near the province of Idlib.
• AABK to discuss hunger strikes with European Parliament officials 

  The AABK delegation visited the 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg to demand the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Dersim Dağ MP and five HDP members go on hunger strike in Amed 

  Arslan pointed out that the Kurdish politicians and representatives are not demanding any privilege for Öcalan but “just the implementation of Turkey’s own law.”
• HDP election bureau in Esenler, Istanbul attacked 

  Yet another attack on the HDP before the local elections scheduled for March 31 in Turkey.
• Jailed ESP leader goes on solidarity hunger strike 

  Solidarity with Kurdish hunger strike resistance is growing.
• Rally in Trafalgar Square in London against isolation 

  A large crowd gathered at Trafalgar Square carrying photographs of Abdullah Öcalan and hunger strikers.
• Marseille against isolation 

  “Resisting we will win. Let’s step up the resistance. Let’s put an end to isolation.”
• End isolation, say activists in Paris 

  The crowd moved from Republique Square to Bastille Square where Kurdish politician Fırat Varto saluted the resistance led by Leyla Güven and other hunger strikers.
• Trade unions call on labour movement to back Irish reunification 

  The declaration said it is “critically important that the interests of workers and working families are put at the heart of a new Ireland, which should be a united Ireland".
• Victory for Pat Finucane’s family 

  The ruling has entirely vindicated the long justice campaign by the Finucane family and their rejection of the 2012 de Silva review.
• Protest to end isolation in Stockholm 

  Riazat explain why they decided to go on hunger strike to respond to the silence of the European institutions.
• European doctors: CPT and CoE should act for hunger strikers 

  "Mr. Abdullah Öcalan is the only politician who can put the Kurdish problem back on the solution track. And this role of Öcalan is denied in Europe."
• HDP's Buldan: People will reclaim what is theirs on 31 March 

  "Many of our friends are on hunger strike. They have only one request. Talk to Mr. Öcalan. Such a legitimate demand is ignored. We would like to see family members and lawyers visiting  Mr. Öcalan as soon as possible, so that our friends on hunger strike"
• Geneva councillor expressed solidarity with hunger strikers 

  “I hereby express my solidarity with the hunger strike activists and want them to know that we stand beside them. Solidarity must be spread further.”
• TEV-ÇAND and GOVEND artists with Strasbourg resistance 

  TEV-ÇAND and GOVEND artists visited the 14 hunger strikers in Strasbourg.
• Left Party MP on hunger strike in Swedish Parliament 

  Riazat and Alp held a press conference in Parliament before starting their hunger strike. Underlining the silence of the world over what is going on in Turkey, Riazat and Alp said they were going on a solidarity hunger strike to break this silence.
• Tens of thousands rally for Öcalan in Cologne 

  “We believe that this protest will lead to success. We are ready for any and all actions to make sure this protest succeeds. We will prevail.”
• Hunger strike against isolation in Pencewin 

  A man named Yunus Umer from Pencewin announced his hunger strike protesting the Imrali isolation.
• Thousands gather in Cologne: Hunger striker Tuzak detained 

  Thousands of people gathered in Cologne, Germany to protest the isolation and salute the hunger strikers.
• Canadian MP to take hunger strikes to the parliament 

  Canadian MP Ziad Aboultaif telephoned Yusuf Iba, who has been on an indefinite nonalternating hunger strike for 49 days in Toronto, Canada, and asked about his health and his protest. Aboultaif said he will take the matter to the parliament.
• Mogherini: Steps should be taken for Leyla Guven 

  High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini responded to Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson’s letter about Leyla Guven.
• Solidarity actions with the hunger strikers in Europe  

  Every day several demonstrations and actions are being organised all over Europe in solidarity with the hunger strikers.
• PYD Athens representative visited hunger strikers in Strasbourg 

  PYD Athens representative consultant, lawyer Stratos Nikoloudis stressed that hunger strike actions exposed the silence of the European countries and that silence is the expression of the complicity in the concept of war against Kurds.
• Hunger strike in front of the UN office in Geneva continues 

  Like hundreds of activists around the world, Koçak is demanding the end of the absolute isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.