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• Lawyers apply again 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.
• Jinen Tirejen Roje Initiative claims responsibility for actions in various cities  

  Jinen Tirejen Roje Initiative burned workplaces and vehicles belonging to fascist elements in many cities and punished the collaborators.
• Former co-mayor of Kömür municipality and Adıyaman businessman extradited to Turkey 

  Former HDP co-mayor of Kömür municipality, Hüseyin Yuka, and businessman Abuzer A. were extradited to Turkey.
• ÇIRA FOKU presents the project "Give a smile to children in Maxmur and Shengal" 

  Zübeyde Polat and Sengül Demirkaya will be today’s guests on the program ÇIRA FOKUS moderated by Yilmaz Pêşkevin Kaba. They will present the YEKMAL association and the project “Give a smile to children in Maxmur and Shengal”.
• Young people demand freedom for Öcalan in Paris, protest chemical weapons in the Hague 

  Young people took to the streets to demand freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Paris, while in The Hague they protested in front of the OPCW to demand the end of the Turkish state's use of chemical weapons.
• Dedeoğulları family massacre: Three more people released 

  Ayşe Keleş, sister of Mehmet Altun, who was arrested in the investigation of the murder of 7 members of the Dedeoğulları family in Konya, her husband Lütfi and their son Ali Keleş were released.
• Up to 450 years imprisonment sought for ÇHD lawyers 

  Up to 450 years imprisonment is sought in the partially reopened case against 19 lawyers of the Association of Progressive Lawyers (ÇHD).
• HDP office stormed, six politicians detained in Tekirdağ 

  Following a rally 10 days ago in the western Turkish province of Tekirdağ, a party office was stormed and six HDP politicians were taken into custody.
• Safe return to Serêkaniyê? 

  Serêkaniyê is located in the Turkish occupied zone in northern Syria, and the population is terrorized by Islamist mercenaries. Despite this, the Yazidi association ZÊD, based in Düsseldorf, is promoting the return of displaced persons.
• The Kobani Case: Violating the right to a fair trial 

  HDP warns about alarming unlawful developments that undermine the possibility of a fair trial in the Kobani case, which was launched against 108 people, based on bogus terrorism-related charges.
• Stuttgart Group takes over the Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group from Stuttgart has taken over the Freedom Vigil for Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg. The group will urge the European institutions throughout a week to take steps to lift the isolation on the Kurdish leader.
• ‘Europeans should raise their voice for the migrants at Polish-Belarusian border’ 

  Norwegian activist Lida Weerts who remains on the Poland-Belarus border with a Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) delegation expressed concern over the situation of the migrants and said that Europeans should stand up to protest it.
• At least 8 soldiers killed in clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan at border 

  7 Azerbaijani soldiers were killed in clashes on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Armenian officials reported that one Armenian soldier was killed, and 24 others are missing.
• Prosecutor in Van says making tombstones and assisting funerals is "a crime" 

  The Van Public Prosecutor's Office, in its indictment regarding the case against the 18 executives of MEBYA-DER, considered it a "crime" to attend guerrilla funerals, to bury the bodies and to make tombstones.
• Action with grenade targets village guard in Cizre 

  An action targeting a village guard named Emin Nergiz was carried out in Cizre, province of Şırnak. The man was injured.
• Ahmet Kaya commemorated at his grave in Paris 

  Kurdish musician Ahmet Kaya, who died 21 years ago, was commemorated at the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris. The gravesite was damaged a few days ago - apparently by Turkish nationalists.
• 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.