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• Three sentenced to prison over protest against ISIS attacks on Kobanê in 2014 

  Three people who protested the ISIS attacks on Kobanê in the city of Izmir in 2014 have received prison sentences.
• 170 migrants stranded on Belarusian-Polish border apply to return to Iraq 

  170 migrants at the Poland-Belarus border have voluntarily enrolled to return to Iraq so far.
• Polish police attack migrants at Belarus border 

  For weeks thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, have been gathering at the Belarus border in an attempt to reach the European Union.
• Libya’s Haftar announces candidacy for presidential election 

  Libya’s 77 year-old strongman left his office in the Libyan National Army in order to run for the presidency. The current election law allows Haftar to return to his office even if he is not elected president.
• Paris Municipality condemns attack on Ahmet Kaya’s grave: “We stand with the Kurds” 

  Paris Municipality officials condemned the attack on the grave of Kurdish singer Ahmet Kaya, saying, “We stand with the Kurds.”
• Lawyers submit another application to visit 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.
• KOMAW to European institutions and parties: Don't be a party to Turkish crimes" 

  KOMAW sent a letter to European institutions and parties regarding the chemical attacks by the Turkish state, saying "Don't be a party to Turkish crimes".
• Court finds provocative statements made by police before Rojava demonstration unlawful 

  The Cologne Administrative Court found the provocative statements of the German police before the demonstration in support of Rojava in 2019 unlawful.
• 14 politicians and unionists jailed in Amed 

  Out of the 19 politicians and unionists who were detained last week, 14 have been remanded in custody.
• Heyva Sor launches aid campaign for migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border 

  The Kurdish Red Crescent has launched an aid campaign for migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border and is calling for donations.
• HDK: The ‘Third Way’ is vital 

  The Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK) called the climate summit in Glasgow an "absolute fiasco”, saying that agreements that further deepen the ecological crisis were concluded instead of measures in favor of the people.
• “KDP is a decisive cause of flight from South Kurdistan” 

  Many of the migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border come from South Kurdistan. Poverty, corruption and persecution are driving people to flee.
• Young people in Bordeaux pay tribute to YJA Star guerrilla Ardil Poyraz  

  YJA Star guerrilla Ardil Poyraz was commemorated with an event organized by young people in Bordeaux.
• Racist attack against the HDP Urfa Provincial Organization building 

  A racist attack was carried out against the HDP Urfa Provincial Organization building, despite it being kept under control by police.
• EU plans to expand sanctions against Belarus, says Josep Borrell 

  On the eve of a Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union, Josep Borrell announced, in an interview with the “JDD”, the will to “give the green light to a widening of the legal framework of our sanctions against the Belarus”.
• HDP Amed holds congress: “They will never be able to defeat us” 

  The Amed provincial association of the HDP held its third congress. Gülistan Atasoy and Zeyyat Ceylan were elected as the new co-chairs of the provincial branch.
• SOHR: Turkish forces killed two men attempting to cross the Iskenderun border 

  The number of Syrian civilians who have been killed by the Turkish Gendarmerie since the beginning of the Syrian Revolution has risen to 491, according to SOHR statistics.
• Police blow up doors and windows during midnight raid in Halfeti, Urfa 

  Apparently on the basis of a false denunciation, a special unit of the Turkish police raided a residential neighborhood in Halfeti at three in the morning and blew open 15 front doors. Nothing was found during the search.
• KNK delegation stands in solidarity with the migrants at Poland border 

  A delegation from the Kurdish National Congress (KNK) has been stopped in Poland eight kilometers from the border with Belarus and is holding talks in Warsaw to support migrants and save lives.
• Kurdish artist Ahmet Kaya's grave in Paris vandalised 

  Kurdish artist Ahmet Kaya's grave in Paris was vandalised.
• Strasbourg rally: “Open the gates of Imrali for a solution” 

  A massive rally held in Strasbourg on Saturday demanded freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and urged the international community to speak out against this crime.
• KNK delegation arrives at Belarusian-Polish border 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) has sent a delegation to the Belarusian-Polish border to advocate for a quick and humane solution in view of the dramatic situation of the migrants there.
• Britain sends troops to the Polish border 

  As the migrant problem worsens, Britain is sending troops to the Polish border. The troops would "offer engineering support," according to the Ministry of Defense.
• ‘Both Erdogan and Lukashenko are using refugees for their political interests’ 

  Discussing the migrant crisis on the Polish-Belarusian border, Dunya Collective member Jan Theurich notes that what is happening here is similar to Erdogan's treatment of refugees.
• Demo for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  The protest demonstration demands freedom for Öcalan and urges the international community to speak out against isolation.