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• DTK, TJA, DBP and HDP to commemorate earthquake victims 

  Co-Chairs of DTK, HDK, TJA, DBP and HDP will attend commemoration events for victims 40 days after the earthquakes.
• Kurdish activist to hold press conference at European Parliament tomorrow 

  Xoşnav Ata, who lost his nieces Gülperin Ata and Mihriban Ata in the chemical attacks of the Turkish state, has been carrying out a vigil in front of the OPCW for 32 weeks.
• International solidarity with the HDP against closure case 

  Parties, organizations, politicians and parliamentarians stand in solidarity with the HDP against all arbitrary and systematic repressions and the closure cases.
• Earthquake survivor in Hatay: 'Even if I die, I can't leave here' 

  Servet Bacanak, an earthquake survivor from the Elektrik neighborhood of Hatay said: “My neighbours are no longer there. Some survivors left, the remaining are buried somewhere. This is a very difficult situation, but even if I die, I cannot leave here.”
• European Free Alliance: We stand with the HDP 

  In an international show of solidarity, the European Free Alliance has joined partners across Europe and further afield in expressing its support and solidarity with the HDP, which faces being banned by the government of Turkey.
• Democratic Socialists of America stand in solidarity with the HDP  

  DSA stands in solidarity with the HDP and condemns government attacks on democracy in Turkey.
• S&D, the Greens/EFA and The Left groups in European Parliament express solidarity with the HDP 

  The S&D, the Greens/EFA and The Left groups in the European Parliament issued a joint statement in solidarity with the HDP.
• Deputies in the Spanish parliament reaffirm solidarity with HDP 

  55 deputies in the Spanish parliament issued a statement of solidarity with the HDP.
• Sign of “Berkin Elvan Playground” in Malatya seized by the police 

  Turkish police seized the sign of "Berkin Elvan Playground" set up for earthquake victims in Malatya city.
• ‘The state wants to destroy the spirit of Armutlu’ 

  İbrahim Kavasoğlu, an earthquake victim and a volunteer in the Armutlu neighbourhood of Antakya, said that these streets have a spirit which the state has been trying to destroy for years.
• International call for Erdoğan to “end the legal attacks against the HDP” 

  “We defend the HDP’s right to freedom of association, expression, peaceful assembly and participation in the upcoming elections. It is time to end the legal attacks against the HDP now, once and for all,” says an international appeal.
• 13 detained in political genocide operation in İzmir 

  At least 13 HDP politicians and members of the Mothers of Peace Initiative were detained during house raids in Izmir.
• Poison attacks on schoolgirls continue in Iran 

  Poison attacks against schoolgirls continue in Iran and East Kurdistan for the fourth month.
• Supreme Election Board releases list of forbidden things on elections day  

  The Supreme Election Board released a list of forbidden things to be applied on the day of the Presidential and parliamentary elections,14 May.
• Newroz celebrations program announced 

  The Newroz celebrations promoted by the HDP, DTK, DBP and TJA in 43 cities have been announced.
• Dr. Binboğa warns of increase in diseases in earthquake regions 

  Speaking in Samandağ, in the province of Hatay, Dr. Mehmet Binboğa warned that "many diseases, including diarrhoea, lice, fleas, fungal diseases and scabies, can reach epidemic proportions" in the regions hit by the earthquake.
• Newroz celebration in Bremen 

  The 2023 Newroz was celebrated in Bremen.
• KON-MED: Newroz celebration will be turned into a freedom march! 

  KON-MED called for participation in the central Newroz celebration to be held in Frankfurt.
• First fire of Newroz in Germany lit in Berlin 

  The first fire of this year's Newroz was lit in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin on Sunday.
• ‘The state, which provided no help after the earthquake, is now selling houses to survivors’ 

  Babile Koşmaz, who survived the 6 February earthquake in Antep, said: “We did not receive any aid from the state. We could not even find bread. Now the state is selling houses to people who lost everything they had.”
• Thousands remember victims of the Gazi massacre in Istanbul 

  Thousands of people remembered the victims of the Gazi massacre and demanded punishment for the perpetrators 28 years after the massacre of Alevis by state assassins.
• Nine people including a journalist detained in house raids 

  ETHA correspondent Elif Bayburt and eight socialists from the ESP have been taken into custody during house raids in Istanbul, Ankara and Adana.
• Autonomous Administration delegation meets Austrian MPs 

  A delegation from the Autonomous Administration discussed the situation of ISIS mercenaries and the ongoing invasion attacks by the Turkish state with members of the Austrian Parliament.
• First fire of Newroz in Switzerland was lit in Chur 

  The first fire of Newroz in Switzerland was lit in Chur.
• Former HDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici arrested 

  Former HDP Urfa MP Ibrahim Binici has been arrested.