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• Suspicious soldier death in Van 

  A young Kurdish men doing his mandatory military service in Van was found dead by the security gate he was on guard duty at.
• Police attacked mothers with pressurized water in Amed 

  Mothers with white scarves protesting in Amed for their relatives on hunger strike were attacked by the police with pressurized water. Some protesters fainted.
• Prisoners’ families detained in Bakirkoy 

  The police attacked prisoners’ mothers who were to march to the Bakirkoy Prison and detained several people.
• Syrian regime advances in Idlib 

  The Syrian regime has taken over 11 towns to the west of Idlib while reports say Al Nusra-HTS (Hayat Tahrir Al Sham) withdrew from most of these villages without resistance.
• Leyla Güven: 184 days on hunger strike 

  HDP Hakkari MP and DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has reached day 184 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Today 15 new prisoners will go on death fast 

  "We, as PKK and PAJK prisoners, say that we will raise our resistance with a second group of prisoners who will go on death fast on 10 May."
• Mothers confirmed they will be in Esenyurt square today 

  The mothers confirmed they will be in Esenyurt square today, Friday.
• Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew met hunger strikers in London 

  Sinn Féin MP Michelle Gildernew visited hunger strikers in London demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Prisoner on death fast: We will succeed if we stand together 

  Doğan first joined the indefinite hunger strike launched in prisons on 1 March and on 30 April she turned the hunger strike into death fast. 
• Demos in Europe in solidarity with mothers of hunger strikers 

  Women wore white head scarves to draw attention to the hunger strike resistance demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Families in Gebze: We will be here every day! 

  The vigil promoted by the families of the hunger strikers in Gebze Women Prison has been blocked once again. The families said: “We will be here tomorrow.”
• Women wearing white head scarves rallied in Cologne 

  The hunger strike resistance demanding the end of isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan has been carried out by 7000 prisoners and activists around the world. 
• Mothers of hunger strikers in prison: Let's build peace! 

  "Hands in hands we will bring peace!" said the mothers of the prisoners on hunger strike holding a new action in Amed.
• PYD members visit Strasbourg hunger strikers on day 144 of fast 

  Day 144 of the indefinite hunger strike of 14 Kurdish activists in Strasbourg city of France.
• Kiziltepe Municipality under police occupation  

  X-ray scanners were placed by the entrance at HDP’s Kiziltepe Municipality, handing over control of who goes in and out of the municipality to the police.
• "Glass cage” imposed on Kurdish activists in Stuttgart removed 

  Scandalous impositions have been made in the case against the 5 Kurdish activists in Stuttgart, Germany.
• Over 500 “foreigners” with ties to ISIS convicted in Iraq 

  The Iraqi Supreme Court announced that over 500 foreigners have been convicted in ISIS-related cases.
• KON-MED called on people to join 7000 Metres human chain 

  KON-MED called on people to join the 7000 meters human chain to be promoted in Düsseldorf on 11 May.
• Mothers confirmed they will be in Esenyurt square today 

  Mothers of the prisoners on hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan gathered in Esenyurt Square despite the police harassment.
• Protest against isolation in Vienna 

  Protest against isolation in Vienna.
• Four activists arrested in Van 

  In the early hours of the morning police raided the building in Van where activists are on solidarity hunger strike and detained four people.
• Imam Şiş reached day 144 of his hunger strike in Wales 

  Kurdish activist Imam Şiş has been on hunger for 144 days in Newport.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg: Day 144 

  The 14 Kurdish activists on hunger strike in Strasbourg have reached day 144 of their fast.
• 15 more prisoners on death fast 

  15 more prisoners have joined the death fast carried out by 15 prisoners since 30 April.
• HDP continues diplomatic talks in Berlin 

  The HDP is holding talks with politicians in Berlin. Faruk Doru, European representative of the HDP, demands that Germany put pressure on Turkey on the basis of the Council of Europe's decision to lift Ocalan's isolation.