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• German Left Party: No cozying up to Turkey! 

  The German government is continuing the previous government's cozy course with Turkey. The executive committee of the Left Party demands that the human rights violations of the Turkish state finally be condemned.
• Mobile Öcalan Library in Nuremberg 

  In a time of omnipresent images of war and daily demands for more and more weapons, the Mobile Öcalan Library is visiting the Franconian metropolis - a good time to get to grips with the works of the PKK co-founder?
• HDP calls for an end to discrimination and oppression of Roma 

  Discrimination against Roma in Turkey is based on an almost impenetrable wall of prejudice among the rest of the population. To end the resulting socioeconomic exclusion, the HDP calls for a new policy.
• Prisoner Sevinç denied proper funeral ceremony 

  The body of Mehmet Sevinç, who passed away in prison, was not washed by an imam. No funeral vehicle was provided to carry his dead body.
• KOMAW calls on Kurds to unite against the KDP's collaboration with Turkey 

  KOMAW called on Kurdish organizations and the Kurdish people to form a Kurdish unity to take a stand against the betrayal of the KDP, which insists on cooperating with the Turkish state.
• People of Van struggle to meet ends as prices and unemployment increase  

  The people of Van said that they could not make a living despite all the borrowing, because of the increase in unemployment and poverty.
• Tribute paid in Berlin to internationalist Sarah Handelmann 

  A commemoration of the internationalist Sarah Handelmann, who fell in the Medya Defense Areas in 2019, took place in Berlin. Friends and comrades commemorated her with poems and songs.
• John McGowan: Arms trade to Turkey should stop immediately 

  General Secretary of the Social Workers Union John McGowan said that "arms trade to Turkey should stop immediately."
• CoE: Urgent action needed to stop pushbacks at Europe’s borders 

  “Pushbacks are at odds with member states’ human rights obligations, because they violate the principle of non-refoulement, undermine the right to asylum, deny key safeguards in return procedure,” states the Council of Europe.
• Kurdish Center for Studies to hold a seminar on ISIS dangers and its return 

  The seminar will address the dangers of the return of ISIS, as well as the role of the Syrian Democratic Forces in ending its presence geographically, in addition to the role of the Global Coalition and the Iraqi army in the war on terrorism.
• Armenia and Azerbaijan to initiate negotiations again 

  Armenia and Azerbaijan decided to sit down and renegotiate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
• KON-MED: “Take to the streets on April 9 to defend Kurdistan” 

  The Kurds and their friends will take to the streets on April 9 in several cities of Germany to protest the Turkish invasion attacks carried out in cooperation with the KDP.
• The ‘corruption haven’ of Barzani family revealed 

  The American Prospect website revealed the extent of the Barzani family's fraudulent and corrupt wealth in the United States.
• Prisoner dies in solitary cell in Manisa 

  Prisoner Mehmet Sevinç has died after suffering cerebral bleeding in Akhisar Prison, in Manisa province.
• KCDK-E calls for protests against Turkish invasion and KDP betrayal 

  KCDK-E called for participation in the marches to be held on April 9 in all European countries, Canada and Australia to protest the Turkish invasion attacks carried out in collaboration with the KDP.
• Father of internationalist Anna Campbell files case against Turkey in European court 

  Dirk Campbell, father of internationalist Anna Campbell, is leading a campaign to have his daughter's remains, still lying on the battlefield in Afrin, returned to her family in the UK.
• Defend Kurdistan initiative calls for action against attacks in South Kurdistan 

  The "Defend Kurdistan" initiative warns of massive military attacks on the Kurdish liberation movement and calls for action against the war this weekend.
• Turkish police detain at least 24 people in Van on in the last two days 

  Turkish police detained at least 24 people in house raids in Van on Wednesday and Thursday.
• Members of public union SES appear in court 

  Co-Chair of the Trade Union of Public Employees in Health and Social Services (SES), Selma Atabey, said that they faced a conspiracy in the case against them and added, “We stand behind what we do and our cause.”
• Roussel: Women's domestic labour is exploited by men 

  France's communist presidential candidate Fabien Roussel talked about his policy on gender equality and said that “the family is a place where women's labour is exploited by men”.
• We eat dry bread at 'sahur' 

  20-year-old Dahibe Geçik slammed successive price hikes during Ramadan saying “we only eat dry bread at sahur [the dawn meal during Ramadan].”
• US linguist Noam Chomsky supports international campaign demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  US philosopher, historian and linguist Noam Chomsky supported the campaign launched in South Kurdistan for the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Police take 13 people into custody in Van 

  A large number of houses were raided in the Ipekyolu district of Van, and 13 people were detained.
• Sociologist Bayar: Kurds are a decisive actor 

  Sociologist Seher Akçınar Bayar drew attention to the Kurdish movement and said, "It is a very decisive actor."
• Ten years of the Rojava Revolution: What to do? 

  July 19 marks the tenth anniversary of the start of the Rojava Revolution. To prepare and position itself in times of change, Kon-Med suggests looking to this beacon in the search for alternative models of society.