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• Kurdish women protest in Darmstadt: Not hunger but silence kills 

  Kurds and their friends continue their protests all around the world in solidarity with the hunger strike and death fast activists.
• Mother of prisoners resist in Bakirköy and Gebze 

  In Bakirköy and Gebze, mothers of political prisoners took to the streets despite police blockades to draw attention to the hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkish military siege and mass arrests continue in Halfeti 

  The operation that started after yesterday's armed clash in Halfeti district of Urfa continues. The region of Dergili is besieged by the military forces and there have been numerous arrests.
• Intellectuals from South Kurdistan visited Berlin hunger strikers 

  Cemal Kobanê, Ömer Bağdur, Mele Mustafa Tuzak and Şiyar Xelil have been on an indefinite hunger strike in Berlin.
• Prisoners' mothers resist under police blockade in Amed 

  Mothers of political prisoners protest in Amed to draw attention to the hunger strike against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. They have been surrounded by water cannons.
• 'Boycott tourism in Turkey' action in Bristol 

  In Wales, Kurdish activist Imam Şis has been on hunger strike for 154 days.
• European actions to support hunger strike and death fast 

  Actions and demonstrations continue all over Europe to support the hunger strike resistance and break the silence around this resistance. 
• Erol Aydemir: 60 days on hunger strike in Rome 

  The Kurdish activist is receiving many visitors and on Saturday he was visited by Italy's largest trade union CGIL Secretary General, Roberto Giordano.
• Leyla Güven: 193 days on hunger strike 

  HDP Hakkari MP and DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has reached day 193 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Thousands of Irish people protested housing 'nightmare' 

  Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Dublin city centre to protest against homelessness new record, and the expensive Irish rental housing and the cost of living.
• Hunger strike in Strasbourg enters day 154 

  The hunger strike is being carried out at Avenue de Colmar 273 in Strasbourg city of France.
• Gebze: Yet another attack on families of political prisoners 

  In Gebze, western Turkey, another police attack has been launched on families of political prisoners.
• Turkish state terror in Urfa 

  Turkish soldiers set a house on fire in a neighborhood of Urfa following a clash in which Turkish security members suffered casualties and injuries.
• Prisoner’s mother: End the isolation in practice not theory 

  Hatice Soyler, mother of Ozlem Soyler who has been on a hunger strike since December 16 in the Gebze Prison protesting the Imrali isolation said the isolation must end in practice, not in theory.
• Trees and beaches killed for Erdogan’s mansion in Bitlis 

  Trees, beaches and the natural environment are being killed for the “Presidential Mansion” being built on orders from Turkish President Erdogan.
• Leyla Güven: Day 192 of hunger strike 

  HDP Hakkari MP and DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has reached day 192 of her hunger strike demanding the end of isolation against Abdullah Öcalan.
• Cells of political prisoners raided in Şakran No. 4 Jail 

  Cells of political prisoners were raided in Şakran No. 4 Prison, and all personal materials were confiscated.
• French MEP visited Kurdish hunger striker in Paris 

  Patrick Le Hyaric, a member of the European Parliament and Director of the French Humanitè Newspaper, visited Özkan Özdemir, who has been on hunger strike in Paris for 47 days.
• Prisoners on death fast in Kandıra harassed by guards 

  Prisoners on death fast in Kandıra prison are said to have been heavily harassed. 
• Turkish police rake through workers’ shuttle in Suruc: 6 wounded 

  A minibus transporting seasonal agricultural workers was raked through by the police at a police checkpoint in the Aligor neighborhood of Urfa’s Suruc district this morning. 6 workers were wounded and have been hospitalized.
• Prisoners' families demonstrated in Mersin 

  Families of prisoners on hunger strike demanding the end of isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan demonstrated in Mersin.
• Actions in solidarity with the hunger strike resistance in Europe 

  Demonstrations, protests and actions to support the hunger strike and death fast resistance continue in Europe. 
• Families in Esenyurt: We stay until isolation is lifted 

  The mothers were once again harassed by police who told them to leave as isolation has been lifted, as stated by the Minister of Justice.
• Mothers held sit-in in Bismil and Lice 

  Mothers of prisoners on hunger strike and death fast held a sit-in in Lice and Bismil in the province of Amed. 
• PYD delegation meets with Bremen Parliament Director on Afrin 

  A PYD delegation met with the State Parliament Director in Bremen, Germany about the occupation of Afrin and spoke about the Turkish state’s crimes against humanity.