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• 30 detained for participating in Newroz celebration in Bodrum 

  Turkish police detained 30 people in Bodrum for participating in Newroz celebrations.
• Time to redouble efforts for peace and renew call for Öcalan’s freedom, says Peace in Kurdistan 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issued a statement to mark 4 April, Abdullah Öcalan's birthday.
• HDP: AKP-MHP alliance changes the election law according to its own needs 

  The HDP said that the AKP-MHP alliance changes the election law according to its own needs.
• Inflation rate rises to over 61 percent in Turkey 

  In Turkey, prices rose in March at the fastest rate in 20 years.
• French police attack Kurdish activists protesting for Öcalan outside the CoE – UPDATE 

  Activists have gathered in front of the CoE in Strasbourg to protest against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. The occasion is the birthday of the 73-year-old mastermind of the Kurdish liberation movement.
• Kurds celebrate Öcalan’s birthday in Yerevan 

  Today is the birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, celebrated by the Kurds and their friends all around the world.
• Öcalan’s birthday celebrated in the house where he was born 

  Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday was celebrated in an event organized at the house where he was born in Amara.
• Kurdish people flock to Amara to celebrate Öcalan’s birthday 

  Kurds have launched a march to Amara to celebrate the 73rd birthday of Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• People plant saplings in Amara to celebrate Abdullah Öcalan's birthday 

  Saplings were planted in Amara as part of the birthday celebrations of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish institutions react to police search of association in Hanau 

  The Kurdish association in Hanau was searched by police on Friday evening. Several Turkish-speaking police officers were involved in the raid. The raid was carried out after a tribute to the martyrs of the Kurdish liberation struggle.
• Police in Hakkari take four people into custody including a child 

  Four people from the same family, including a 3-year-old child, were taken into custody this morning by police.
• Young people in London close Tower Bridge demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Young people in London closed Tower Bridge to traffic, demanding the freedom of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds everywhere celebrate Abdullah Öcalan's birthday  

  Today is the birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Abdullah Öcalan’s birthday celebrated in Nairobi 

  Kurds and their friends are celebrating the 73rd birthday of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan who has been held in aggravated isolation in Imrali Island Prison in Turkey since his capture in an international conspiracy in 1999.
• Turkey has committed war crimes in Kurdistan,” says journalist Steve Sweeney 

  Morning Star journalist Steve Sweeney said that "Turkey has committed war crimes in Kurdistan."
• KCDK-E: Failing to delist the PKK will mean targeting an entire people 

  The KCDK-E issued a statement drawing attention to the case in Luxembourg and pointed out that the 'ban decision' was used as a reason for targeting an entire people altogether.
• ‘The HDP is more than a party name’ 

  The HDP is to be banned in Turkey. HDP politician Özgür Zeydanoğlu sees this as an attempt to exclude the Kurdish people from the political arena.
• More summaries of proceedings against nineteen HDP and DBP deputies 

  Nineteen MPs are facing losing their legislative immunity.
• Inflation in Istanbul reaches record high in two decades 

  Retail prices in Istanbul increased by 63.35 percent in March.
• Prosecutor opens case against Demirtaş for a tweet 9 years ago 

  A further lawsuit has been filed against the former co-chair of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP), Selahattin Demirtaş, because of a tweet he posted nine years ago.
• Police arrest 8 Enerji-Sen workers in Ankara at sit-in 

  Enerji-Sen member workers who were fired in Ankara were attacked by the police during the sit-in they had organised. 8 workers were detained.
• New disciplinary sanction for Abdullah Öcalan  

  The application of Asrın Law Office to the Bursa Execution Judge was once again denied due to a three-month family visit ban.
• Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Committee: Isolation will never be accepted 

  The South Kurdistan Freedom for Öcalan Committee celebrated the birthday of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and demanded his freedom.
• Families of prisoners in İmralı apply for a visit 

  Families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in İmralı applied for a visit.
• KONGRA GEL: Öcalan’s birthday is the birthday of a free Kurd 

  The KONGRA-GEL celebrated the 73rd birthday of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. The KONGRA-GEL said that “the birthday of Öcalan, who represents a milestone in the history of the Kurdish people, is the birthday of the free Kurd.”