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• 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.
• 128 detainees give their statements to the police 

  18 days before the parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14, dozens of journalists, artists, political party officials and lawyers were taken into custody in several provinces on Tuesday.
• Green Left Party continues election campaigns abroad 

  Voting abroad will begin on April 27 and end on May 9. About 3.5 million voters abroad will cast votes for the May 14 election in Turkey.
• Group of activists from Lucerne takes over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A Lucerne group of activists took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil on its 566th week.
• Sinn Féin, Podemos and European Democratic lawyers express solidarity with HDP 

  Solidarity with the HDP from European parties and associations.
• Mother and sister of martyr Agit Ipek among those taken into custody 

  Halise Aksoy, the mother of martyr Agit Ipek, whose remains were sent to the family by post, is among those taken into custody.
• Protest against mass detentions in front of courthouse in Amed 

  The detention of more than 100 people, including 25 lawyers, as part of an Amed-based investigation was protested in front of the courthouse in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Buldan: The more they attack, the more they will lose 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair and Green Left Party MP candidate Pervin Buldan reacted to the Amed-based police operations and said that "The more they attack, the more they will lose."
• Hearing of Kenan Ayaz facing extradition to Germany held in Nicosia 

  In the appeal proceedings against the extradition of Kenan Ayaz to Germany, the first hearing has taken place in Nicosia. The hearing was adjourned to 9 May, and the final decision on the extradition is to be made on 16 May.
• Aydoğan: "The only way to get rid of AKP-MHP is the Green Left Party"  

  Former HDP Amed MP Nursel Aydoğan said: "The only way to get rid of AKP-MHP fascism is the Green Left Party" .
• Mobilisation for the Green Left Party in Basel 

  The Green Left Party is also fighting for every vote abroad for the democratisation of Turkey and Northern Kurdistan. Preparations for the May 14 elections are in full swing in Switzerland as well.
• 25 lawyers among those detained in today’s operation  

  Among the more than one hundred people arrested in Turkey are 25 lawyers. In five cities, the offices of the lawyers' association ÖHD were searched by the police.