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• Lawyer Resul Temur and journalist Ahmet Kanbal released under judicial control 

  Lawyer Resul Temur and journalist Ahmet Kanbal were released under judicial control.
• Number of people sent to prison increases to 39 

  11 more people were remanded in custody on Friday, bringing the total of people sent to prison to 39. Among them is Halise Aksoy whose son’s remains were sent to her by post.
• Green Left Party ready for May 14 elections in Australia and Canada 

  The Green Left Party Overseas Election Coordination is continuing its election campaign in Australia and Canada.
• Network set up in Germany to help voters reach the polling stations 

  Voting for the elections in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan has started in Germany. A network of the Green Left Party's election coordination is supporting people to reach the voting locations.
• Peace in Kurdistan condemns the pre-election clampdown in Turkey 

  “Pressure must be brought on the Turkish authorities to end the clampdown on political activities and independent media during the eve of the election,” says the Peace in Kurdistan campaign.
• Huge turnout on the first day of voting abroad 

  Overseas voting for the May 14 elections in Turkey started on April 27. On the first day, voter turnout was high, especially in Germany and France.
• KNK’s Aydar: Everyone should go to the polls and vote for the Green Left Party 

  KNK Executive Board Member Zübeyir Aydar called on voters abroad to go to the polls and vote for the Green Left Party to hold the AKP-MHP fascism accountable.
• Öcalan’s lawyer Newroz Uysal acquitted 

  One of Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers, Newroz Uysal, facing a prison sentence of up to fifteen years, was acquitted of the charge of "terrorism" by court in Amed.
• Labour and Freedom Alliance backs Kılıçdaroğlu in presidential elections 

  The Labour and Freedom Alliance called on its supporters to vote for the Labour and Freedom Alliance in the parliamentary elections and for the main opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the presidential elections.
• HDP Co-Chair Sancar calls on voters abroad to vote for the Green Left Party 

  HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar called on the voters abroad to vote for the Party of Greens and the Left Future (Green Left Party).
• Voting for Turkish elections in Switzerland begins on Saturday 

  Voting for Turkish elections in Switzerland begins tomorrow, Saturday. 42 ballot boxes were set up in three cities.
• European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights condemns arrests in Amed 

  The European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights condemned the arrest of lawyers, politicians, journalists and artists in Amed.
• MEPs write to OPCW about need for independent investigation into Turkish use of chemical weapons 

  We write as members of the European Parliament who have become very concerned at the credible allegations of the use of chemical weapons by Turkey in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, and at the lack of any independent investigation. The Chemical Weapons Conv
• European deputies call for release of Kenan Ayaz 

  A group of European deputies held a press conference in front of the Council of Europe calling for the release of Kurdish politician Kenan Ayaz, who was arrested in Cyprus on 15 March and extradited to Germany.
• 28 remanded in custody in Amed-based political operations - UPDATED 

  The number of people remanded in custody as a result of this week's Amed-based political operations rose to 28.
• NESS in solidarity with the accused in the Kobani Trial 

  International solidarity with those standing trial in the so-called “Kobani trial” in which aggravated life imprisonment is sought for all politicians on trial over their alleged involvement in the 2014 Kobane protests.
• French Left Party: The dictator President Erdogan is scared 

  The Left Party demands that the French government act directly to ensure that the general elections in May take place with all the necessary guarantees for the proper conduct of public debates and meetings, until the regular counting of the votes.
• Kurdish politicians call for broad participation in overseas voting for Turkey’s elections 

  As voting for Turkey’s parliamentary and presidential elections begins in Europe today, Kurdish politicians in exile emphasise the strategic importance of the elections and call for broad participation.
• Overseas voting for Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections begins 

  Voters abroad have begun to head to the polls for the parliamentary and presidential elections to be held in Turkey on May 14 .
• Green Left Party Kocaeli candidate arrested 

  Green Left Party Kocaeli candidate Ayten Dönmez was taken into custody on Wednesday morning and sent to prison in the evening.
• London Cycling Club members ride for the Green Left Party  

  The London Cycling Club members rode for Green Left Party and also protested the police political operations carried out by the Turkish state on Tuesday.
• Duisburg Green Left Party Election Commission ready for vote to begin today 

  The Duisburg Green Left Party Election Commission met to review the final preparations for the 14 May elections ahead of today’s opening of the station polls in Europe.
• KCDK-E calls on everyone living abroad to exercise their right to vote  

  KCDK-E called on everyone living abroad to exercise their right to vote and underlined that the polling stations in Europe open today.
• Activists at Geneva vigil condemn mass detentions: "We will respond to attacks with resistance" 

  Activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 called for enhanced resistance in the face of the growing crackdown on Kurdish society in Turkey.
• ‘Elections are a historic opportunity to shape our future’ 

  Kurdish politicians in exile call on the people to vote for the Green Left Party in the May 14 election, defining it as a historic turning point for the Kurdish people.