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• International Peace Delegation to Imrali report on its mission 

  The international Peace Delegation went to Turkey and Kurdistan from 11 to 16 February.
• UN call for the Hol Camp in Heseke 

  Since December 2018, approximately 45,000 people have fled the Hajin and Al-Baghouz areas of Deir-ez-Zor and arrived at Al-Hol camp.
• "We are on hunger strike for we love life enough to die for it" 

  Şiş said: “Maybe we will die at the end of this action, but what we really need to ask is if it is really a free and equal life the one we are living.”
• HDP’s Temelli: Let’s give voice to Leyla Güven 

  HDP co-chair, Sezai Temelli, was welcomed by a convoy of dozens of vehicles. He was met by Kars co-mayoral candidates Ayhan Bilgen and Şevin Alaca.
• Hunger strike in Duisburg on day 48 

  Mustafa Tuzak has been on hunger strike in Duisburg for 48 days.
• Brussels Parliamentary President’s statement on hunger strikes 

  Brussels Francophone Parliamentary President Julie De Groote said the hunger strikes for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan should become collective memory.
• Swedish MP to go on solidarity hunger strike against isolation 

  Left Party MP Daniel Riazat will go on a hunger strike in the Swedish Parliament on Friday to show solidarity with Leyla Guven and political prisoners, who continue their hunger strikes demanding an end to the isolation against Ocalan. 
• Car bomb attack in Mosul   

  Local authorities believe ISIS is responsible for the attack in which at least one person died and 13 others were wounded. 
• Canadian MP visited hunger striker Iba in Toronto 

  Canadian MP Garnett Genuis visited Yusuf Iba on his 47th day of hunger strike.
• Yazidi genocide discussed at European Parliament 

  A conference took place at the European Parliament about the Yazidi genocide.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg reached day 74 

  14 people are taking part in the indefinite hunger strike against the isolation launched in Strasbourg on 17 December 2018. Hunger striker and KCDK-E co-chair Yüksel Koç called on Kurds in Europe to support and join actions and the resistance.
• Sinn Féin puts question to Irish Parliament about Leyla Güven 

  "The Irish Government will continue to monitor developments in Turkey both in terms of the hunger strike, and on our wider concerns on human rights, freedom of expression, the rule of law, and democracy.”
• 43 academics write to European institutions on Ocalan's isolation 

  Ocalan is recognised as their leader by millions of Kurds, and you don’t have to be Kurdish to recognise the huge impact of his ideas in bringing democratic practices to Northern Syria, building bridges between different ethnic groups.
• 18 prisoners exiled 

  16 prisoners including 4 hunger strikers were exiled from the Antep Type L Prison to the Antep Type H Prison, while 2 prisoners were exiled from the Kiriklar Type F Closed Prison No.1 to the Isparta Type E Closed Prison.
• Operation against ISIS by Iraq and the Coalition 

  The Iraqi army and the International Coalition carried out an operation against ISIS in and around Kirkuk with air strikes. 4 ISIS members were killed in the operation.
• Solidarity march with hunger strikers in Stuttgart 

  A march was organised in Stuttgart to reaffirm solidarity and support to the Kurdish hunger strikers.
• Women held civil disobedience action in Mannheim 

  Solidarity actions demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan are continuing.
• Urgent call for strengthening international solidarity with Güven 

  HDP vice co chair called upon political leaders and parliamentarians, especially the women, to urgently organize visits to Leyla Güven towards strengthening international solidarity on the issue.
• Action in Basel to support hunger strikers 

  Solidarity actions demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan are continuing.
• Women mobilised in Marseille for hunger strikers 

  Solidarity actions demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan are continuing.
• Women protest in Vienna against isolation 

  Women protested for Abdullah Öcalan in Vienna, Austria.
• ‘Stuttgart Life against Isolation Platform’ established 

  We call on European institutions to end their silence and take immediate action. We will be in permanent mobilisation until the demands of the activists are met.”
• March in Brussels called on everyone to act 

  In the morning, Kurds and their friends from many neighboring countries began to gather in Brussels’ Gare du Nord.
• Leyla Güven: Solidarity shows we have already reached our goal 

  "How else could we explain fascism: This action exposed it. There are very serious rights violations in the prisons. The resistance in the prison is very valuable. I believe that this action will be successful.”
• Day 73 in Strasbourg: Permanent health issues set in 

  The hunger strike in Strasbourg against the isolation continues on day 73 as health issues of hunger strikers become more apparent. The doctors demand steps for a solution and the will of the activists be respected.