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• Kurdish singer Xalîde detained in Istanbul 

  Turkish police stormed the apartment of Kurdish Dengbêj singer Xalîde in Istanbul. The musician was beaten and detained.
• Kurdish politician Aysel Doğan dies in Germany after many years of cancer treatment 

  Kurdish politician Aysel Doğan died in a hospital in Germany after many years of cancer treatment.
• Kurds hold sit-in in front of the UN in Geneva to protest Turkish invasion attacks  

  Kurds leaving in Switzerland met in front of the UN in Geneva against the invasion attacks, saluted the guerrilla resistance and called to action in Zurich.
• Application for the lifting of the PKK ban in Germany  

  Lawyers Lukas Theune and Peer Stolle have applied to the Federal Ministry of the Interior to lift the ban on PKK activities. Dilan Akdoğan explained the effects on the Kurdish community at the subsequent press conference.
• Iran slams Turkey’s dam construction on border waters 

  Both Turkey and Iran have built a number of dams over the years, reducing the water flow especially into the four parts of Kurdistan. Turkey has been using water as a weapon against both South Kurdistan and Rojava, as well as against Iraq and Iran.
• Lawyers in Germany apply to Ministry of Interior to lift the ban on PKK  

  Lawyers applied to the Ministry of Interior to lift the PKK ban in Germany.
• Activists continue vigil in front of OPCW  

  Activists have been protesting in front of the UN organization OPCW for over a week, demanding an investigation into the use of chemical weapons by the Turkish military in the southern Kurdish Medya Defense Areas.
• Rally in Stockholm protests Turkish invasion attacks  

  A rally was held in Stockholm to protest the Turkish invasion attacks.
• KON-MED calls for participation in Berlin demo to “Defend Kurdistan” 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED calls for a nationwide demonstration in Berlin on Saturday: "Let's stand up together for the resistance of the guerrillas and Kurdistan."
• Young Kurdish activists begin diplomatic journey in South Africa 

  The Kurdistan Youth Diplomacy Committee has set off on a one-month journey to South Africa.
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place more than two years ago.
• Child wounded by shots fired from Turkish-occupied Serêkaniyê dies in Urfa 

  Nine-year-old Yusuf Yücel has died in Urfa due to his injuries from a gunshot fired from the Turkish occupied city of Serêkaniyê in northern Syria.
• Activists protest attacks on Shengal in Berlin 

  Activists called on European governments to stop turning a blind eye to ongoing attacks on Yazidis and emphasized that the Kurds have the right to self-determination against this war and violence.
• Sinn Féin expresses concern over Turkish assault on Kurds in Iraq 

  Sinn Féin parliamentarian John Brady said that the Turkish attack on Iraq represents a further disregarding of the territorial integrity of a neighbouring state.
• Father and son arrested on terror charges in Mersin 

  Two Kurds have been arrested in the southern Turkish province of Mersin on terror charges. Father and son had already been in "preventive police custody for ten days as a measure to prevent violence" on May 1.
• DKP/Unity: We will expand the united revolutionary movement 

  The Revolutionary Communards Party/Unity commemorated commander Ulaş Bayraktaroğlu who was martyred during the liberation of Raqqa and vowed that “we will expand the united revolution movement.”
• Kurdish artists: Kurdish forces should not support Turkish occupation 

  Kurdish artists reacted to the KDP and said that the Kurdish forces should not support the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• FED-DEM holds 4th ordinary congress in Hannover 

  FED-DEM, the umbrella organization of the Kurds living in Northern Germany, held its 4th ordinary congress in Hannover.
• KONGRA-GEL co-chair Kartal: Kurds should support the guerrillas 

  Speaking at the CDK-S congress, KONGRA-GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal stated that all Kurds should support the resisting guerrillas.
• Turkey spent 135 million dollars in a year for military activities abroad 

  According to the 2021 Activity Report of the Ministry of Defense, Turkey spent 70 billion Turkish lira (1 US dollar = 14.93 lira) on "National Defense and Security", and 200 million on the walls built on the borders with Iran and Syria.
• "Marlene Förster and Matej Kavčič were our guests" 

  Hisên Azad, on behalf of the Şengal Autonomous Council, demands the immediate release of journalists Marlene Förster and Matej Kavčič, imprisoned in Iraq: "They are independent media professionals and were guests of the Yazidi community."
• Memorial for guerrilla Gaffari Yorulmaz in Adiyaman 

  Guerrilla Gaffari Yorulmaz (Bager Adar), who fell as a martyr two years ago, was commemorated in Adiyaman.
• Activists in Frankfurt protest Turkish war of aggression in South Kurdistan 

  A demonstration was held in Frankfurt against the Turkish war of aggression in South Kurdistan. The Iraqi aggression against the Yazidi area of ​​Shengal was also protested.
• The struggle for self-determination: perspectives from Kenya 

  The struggle for self-determination and grassroots liberation from neocolonial NGO-ism: perspectives from Kenya.
• Turkish-linked mercenaries in occupied Serêkaniyê wound 9-year-old in Ceylanpınar 

  Mercenaries affiliated with the Turkish state in occupied Serêkaniyê hit a 9-year-old, Yusuf Y. in the head, in Ceylanpınar, Urfa.