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• Mothers: The struggle will continue until the isolation ends 

  Mothers gathered in the HDP Bahcelievler district offices and said they will continue their struggle in front of the prisons until the isolation ends.
• Talk on the Kurdish Women’s Movement 

  A talk titled The Kurdish Women’s Movement: On Revolution, Militarism and Body Politics will address the history of the Kurdish women's liberation movement.
• Women in London protest attacks on mothers 

  Women in London protested the Turkish police attacks on the mothers of prisoners on hunger strike.
• Sit-in action by mothers of prisoners on hunger strike in Van 

  Seven thousand political prisoners are on an indefinite hunger strike across Turkey and North Kurdistan against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Protest against isolation in Munich and Munster 

  Protests and actions to support the hunger strike and death fast resistance are being organised all around Europe. 
• Mothers of prisoners on hunger strike protest in many cities 

  In many cities of northern Kurdistan and Turkey, mothers of political prisoners have taken to the streets despite police blockade to draw attention to the hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Women in Giessen held action in solidarity with hunger strikers 

  The Berchem Women's Council in Giessen promoted an action in solidarity with the hunger strikers.
• Mothers attacked in Gebze press charges 

  Mothers of prisoners attacked by the police in Gebze have pressed charges and said their protests will continue.
• Women from Paris took over Vigil for Öcalan 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, the longest protest organised by Kurds in Europe, has been taken over by a new group on its 361st week.
• Prisoners’ mothers in Viransehir send fax to Ministry of Justice 

  Mothers from Viransehir sent a fax to the Ministry of Justice, supporting their children’s demands and demanding an end to the isolation to prevent deaths and put an end to the chaos in the country.
• Women from Rojava: Resisting mothers are not alone 

  "We started a resistance, and we will not stop until the last drop of our blood. We will continue to be in the streets. Erdogan should know that like we broke ISIS attacks, today Erdogan will end. History will one day hold him to account."
• Women in Armenia: We are ready to do our part 

  "Armenian women never accept the isolation imposed on Leader Apo. We welcome the visit held by lawyers with the Leader but are aware that this visit does not mean the end of isolation."
• Leyla Güven sends Mother’s Day message 

  On day 186 of her fast, Kurdish politician Leyla Güven sent Mother’s Day message.
• Mothers from Rojhilat visit Leyla Guven 

  Peace Mothers from Rojhilat visited DTK Co-chair Leyla Guven on a hunger strike.
• KJK: Erdoğan even fears the white head scarves of mothers 

  The dictator Erdoğan knows that his end is approaching. He is even afraid of the white head scarves of the peace mothers, explains Rewşan Merdin of the coordination of the KJK.
• Women in Berlin: Be the voice of hunger strikers' mothers! 

  Women in Berlin promoted a solidarity actions with mothers of the hunger strikers and the hunger strike resistance. 
• Mothers battered and detained in front of Bakirkoy Prison 

  The police attacked mothers holding a vigil in front of the Bakirkoy Prison to draw attention to the prisoners on hunger strikes and death fasts demanding an end to the isolation. Several mothers were battered and detained.
• Women took to the streets for hunger strikers in Frankfurt 

  Women protested in Frankfurt in solidarity with hunger strikes.
• Mothers of prisoners battered and detained in Bakirkoy 

  Mothers holding a vigil in front of the Bakirkoy Prison to draw attention to the prisoners on hunger strikes and death fasts to end the isolation were attacked by the police. Several mothers were battered and detained.
• Women prisoners wrote to mothers in front of Gebze jail 

  The women prisoners in Gebze Prison, who are continuing their hunger strike demanding the end of isolation, wrote a letter to the mothers who resist in front of the jail to mark Mother's Day.
• Protest with white head scarves in London 

  Women promoted a demonstration with white head scarves in London, protesting the isolation of Öcalan and the Turkish police attack against mothers.
• TJK-E calls on people to join actions today and tomorrow 

  TJK-E greeted the resistance against isolation and the actions carried out by the families of the hunger strikers and called everyone to meet in front of the Turkish consulates tomorrow. 
• Colombian human rights defender escaped murder attempt 

  Human rights defender Francia Marquez has escaped an attempt to murder her on Saturday.
• Let's be the voice of the mothers resistance! 

  Dayika Qadriye and Gulê Koç mother and wife of two of the 14 hunger strikers in Strasbourg who reached day 140 of their fast, expressed their solidarity with the mothers of prisoners being beaten by police. 
• Mothers in resistance in Gebze: They attack every day 

  Families who were barred from holding the vigil they wanted held a press conference.