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• Rocket attack targets base hosting American troops in Iraq 

  Sunday's attack on the Ain Al-Asad air base was the latest in a series of attacks against US forces in Iraq.
• Members of the Defend Kurdistan Initiative welcomed in Düsseldorf 

  Members of the Defend Kurdistan Initiative have criticized the German government's support for the Erdogan regime at Düsseldorf airport after their return from South Kurdistan.
• HDP member denounces violence while in police custody 

  HDP Party Council member Veli Saçılık reported that he was subjected to violence by the police during a protest in Ankara to condemn the murder of HDP employee Deniz Poyraz.
• Activists in Zurich protest the Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan and the HDP 

  Thousands of people protested in Zurich against the invading Turkish state's attacks on South Kurdistan and the murder of HDP member Deniz Poyraz in Izmir.
• Activists in London protest the murder of Deniz Poyraz 

  Over a thousand people in London, led by Kurds, socialists, revolutionaries and Alevi institutions, protested the attack on the HDP building and the murder of Deniz Poyraz.
• Rallies throughout Europe condemn the killing of Deniz Poyraz 

  In many German cities people took to the streets to commemorate Deniz Poyraz and to protest the making of the HDP a target of violence.
• Kurdish youth rally in Strasbourg against occupation and isolation 

  In Strasbourg, France, a demonstration was held against Turkey's attacks in southern Kurdistan at the call of the Kurdish youth movement. The central theme was also the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Yazidi organizations demand ban of the Grey Wolves in Germany after İzmir attack 

  After the murder of HDP member Deniz Poyraz by a Turkish fascist in Izmir, Yazidi organizations demand a ban of the "Grey Wolves" in Germany.
• "The murder of Deniz Poyraz is not an isolated case" 

  In Istanbul, trade union and professional associations joined the HDP in protesting the murder of Deniz Poyraz and denouncing the Erdogan government's systematic agitation against all dissenters.
• Another group of peace delegation returns to Germany 

  Today another part of the #Delegation4Peace from South Kurdistan returns to Germany. Kurdish and internationalist groups call for a solidarity reception at Düsseldorf airport at 7 pm.
• Activists in Vienna condemn murder of Deniz Poyraz and Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  Kurds and Austrian antifascists took to the streets in Vienna to condemn the murder of HDP member Deniz Poyraz and protest Turkish invading attacks.
• HDP Istanbul MP Canbaz invites everyone to take to the streets against the attacks on the HDP 

  HDP Istanbul MP Dildaş Canbaz called on everyone to be united and take to the streets against the murder of Deniz Poyraz.
• 72 Bar Association Presidents condemn the attack on HDP and the killing of Deniz Poyraz 

  72 Bar Association Presidents condemned in a statement the attack on HDP Izmir Provincial Organization and the killing of Deniz Poyraz.
• Deniz Poyraz laid to rest in Buca Kaynaklar graveyard 

  Deniz Poyraz, who was killed in the attack against HDP Izmir Provincial Organization, was laid to rest in Buca Kaynaklar graveyard. Women carried the coffin on their shoulders.
• Kurds in Europe take to the streets: “Deniz Poyraz is immortal” 

  Kurdish people took to the streets in Germany, Britain and France to protest Thursday’s armed attack against the Peoples’ Democratic Party that killed a member of the party in the western province of Turkey.
• French Senator Laurent: We must break the silence 

  “We want to break the silence; we want to create a social movement because there is an opportunity to create a public opinion in Europe to show solidarity with the Kurdish people," said French Senator Pierre Laurent.
• French politicians condemn murder of Deniz Poyraz 

  In a message of solidarity, Unsubmissive France (La France Insoumise) leader Jean-Luc Melénchon and Occitanie Regional Council member Jean-Christophe Sellin have condemned the murder of Deniz Poyraz in the HDP Izmir headquarter.
• Constitutional Court rapporteur requests HDP indictment to be accepted 

  Assigned by the Constitutional Court to examine the second indictment seeking the closure of the HDP, the rapporteur has demanded that the indictment prepared by the Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office of the Court of Cassation be accepted.
• Tuncel on Kobani Trial: AKP/MHP government is responsible for Izmir attack 

  Speaking at the hearing of the Kobanê Trial, Democratic Regions Party (DBP) former co-chair Sebahat Tuncel said that the AKP/MHP government was responsible for the attack at the HDP headquarter in İzmir.
• Funeral for HDP member killed in İzmir 

  Deniz Poyraz's coffin, shouldered by women, was taken to Bağkuyu neighbourhood, where her family resides.
• HDP co-chairs visit party headquarter in Izmir, commemorate murdered party member 

  Buldan and Sancar left roses in the room where Deniz Poyraz was murdered yesterday.
• Polls open in Iran to elect new president 

  Polls are open in Iran to vote for the new president. There are concerns of a low turnout with the conservative head of the judiciary, Ebrahim Raisi, widely seen as the favourite candidate.
• HDP members experienced emotional moments cleaning the İzmir office 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) members who undertook to erase the traces of the attack in the Izmir headquarter experienced emotional moments.
• "Police deleted all surveillance camera records around HDP Izmir office" 

  The İzmir police reportedly confiscated all the camera recordings at the shops around the building where HDP member Deniz Poyraz was murdered and erased the content of the recordings.
• Murderer of HDP member Deniz Poyraz jailed 

  Racist assailant Onur Gencer who stormed the HDP headquarters in İzmir and killed Deniz Poyraz on Thursday, has been remanded in custody.