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• Police raid HDP Cizre Provincial building and detain at least 5 people 

  The HDP Cizre Provincial Organization building was raided this morning. During the raids in which 5 party members were detained, the police also violated the carpets for prayers.
• Military and police road check-points turn into harassment centres 

  Road controls and searches started to increase at military and police check-points between Hakkari, Van, Bitlis and Ağrı.
• Sharp rise in prices makes people struggle to meet ends 

  Consumer prices in Turkey rose more sharply in March than in 20 years. The inflation rate rose to 61.14 percent compared to the same month last year. This is also noticeable at the weekly markets in the Kurdish provinces.
• Emmanuel Macron will face far-right Marine Le Pen for French presidency in two weeks 

  As the centrist incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, faces the far-right Marine Le Pen for the French presidency.
• Police inspector runs over lawyer in Şırnak and flees 

  In Şırnak, a police inspector ran over a lawyer and fled. The 27-year-old lawyer suffered multiple fractures in both legs and underwent an operation. The Bar Association accused the official of intention.
• Tunç family: Germany has put our child in danger by deporting him to Turkey 

  Following the deportation of Muhammed Tunç to Turkey, his family, who migrated to Germany fifty years ago, is speaking out: "Germany deported our child to Turkey, putting him in great danger."
• SDC, Democratic Forces and figures hold the second consultative meeting in Stockholm 

  The meeting is the second one of its kind after the first meeting held in Stockholm on 13-14 December 2021.
• Protests against public transport fare increase in Istanbul 

  In Turkey, basic foodstuffs and energy have become unaffordable for large sections of the population. In Istanbul, people are protesting against the doubling of public transport fares.
• Much of Iraq was affected by dust storm 

  Much of Iraq was affected by a dust storm. Dozens of people were hospitalized for breathing problems.
• British paper claims English MP's aide paid £400,000 by oil companies linked to Barzani government 

  An MP’s aide has been paid £400,000 by oil companies linked to a regime accused of human rights abuses, amid concerns over foreign influence in Parliament, The Telegraph claimed.
• Kurdish organizations across Europe protest war in Kurdistan  

  Kurdish organizations across Europe protested the war in Kurdistan on Saturday. Numerous demonstrations and rallies have also taken place in Germany.
• Constitutional Court rules that Leyla Güven was unlawfully detained in 2018 

  Jailed politician Leyla Güven had already been in prison for months after her election for the HDP in 2018, despite her parliamentary immunity. The Turkish constitutional court has now ruled that her detention was unlawful.
• Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Mobile Library arrives in Nuremberg 

  The Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Mobile Library arrived in Nuremberg.
• Why lawyers sign the "Justice for Kurds" petition 

  Lawyers from Germany explain why they support the international campaign to delist the Kurdish freedom movement and have signed the petition of the "Justice for Kurds" initiative.
• ISIS attack kills two Iraqi soldiers in Anbar 

  Ongoing attacks by ISIS claim more lives.
• 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.