As support grows for the massive hunger strike in Turkey jails against the repressive fascist policies of the AKP-Erdoğan regime, solidarity actions and protests in support of the hunger strikers are also spreading across Europe.

Representatives of the European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) have started a hunger strike in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg city of France.

Hundreds joined the press briefing in front of the Council of Europe including representatives of Kurdish institutions in Europe, KONGRA-GEL Co-chair Remzi Kartal and several intellectuals and academics.

Participants of the demonstration include;

HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) MPs Faysal Sarıyıldız and Tuğba Hezer,

KCDK-E (Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress) Co-chair Yüksel Koç,

NAV-DEM (Democratic Kurdish Society Center in Germany) Co-chair Fatoş Göksungur,

NAV-BEL (Democratic Kurdish Society Center in Belgium) Co-chair Arife Soysüren,

DEMNED (Democratic Kurdish Society Center in the Netherlands) Co-chair Hüseyin Yıldız,

FEDA (European Democratic Alevi Federation) Co-chair Veli Kaya,

CiK (Kurdistan Islamic Society) representative Melle Mustafa,

TJK-E (European Kurdish Women's Movement) representative Hanim Engizek,

Ciwanen Azad (Kurdish Free Youth) representative Ahmet Yıldırım.

Some other people will also join the hunger strike alternately, including;

Ahmet Nesin (Journalist), Pınar Aydınlar (Artist), Filiz Koçali (Politician/journalist), Utku Sayın (Academic for peace), Aziz Tunç (Writer), Doc Dr. İbrahim Sedo Aydoğan (Co-spokesperson of Peoples' Democratic Congress-Europe, HDK-E France), İbrahim Çiçek (Journalist), Füsun Erdoğan (Journalist), Demir Çelik (Co-spokesperson of Peoples' Democratic Congress-Europe, HDK-E).