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• The Guardian reports on accusation against the AKP over handling of coronavirus pandemic 

  The Guardian, one of Britain's leading newspapers, published a report on the policies followed by the AKP government during the coronavirus crisis. The article said that the AKP's policies that sacrifice public health to the economy caused anger.
• Police detain 49 people in Amed, Dersim, Batman, Şırnak, Adana, Istanbul and Antalya 

  At least 49 people were detained in home raids by the Turkish police in Amed, Batman, Dersim, Şırnak, Adana, Istanbul and Antalya.
• FED-MED holds its 4th congress 

  Mesopotamia Free Society Federation FED-MED, the umbrella organization of Kurds living in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia-NRW state, held its 4th congress.
• Police detain 20 people in Adana, Şırnak and Dersim 

  20 people, including HDP and DBP executives, were detained in the political genocide operations carried out in three provinces of Adana, Şırnak and Dersim.
• Young Kurdish activists carry out action in front of Turkish Consulate in Paris 

  Kurdish youth carried out an action in front of the Turkish Consulate General in Paris. The action was organised to protest the invasion and genocide attacks of the Turkish state against the Medya Defense Areas.
• Peace in Kurdistan writes to UK Foreign Minister about Kobanê Trial 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign sent an open letter to Dominic Raab MP, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Lisa Nandy MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the trial of the HDP in Turkey.
• Pervin Buldan: Savaş Buldan and his friends were killed by those who ruled the state 

  In his new video, mafia godfather Sedat Peker blamed ex-Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar for the murder of Kurdish businessman Savaş Buldan. The latter's wife, HDP co-chairwoman Pervin Buldan, announced legal action.
• Activists detained in Ankara go on hunger strike 

  The activists detained in Ankara on Thursday at a memorial ceremony for revolutionary leader Ibrahim Kaypakkaya and other May Martyrs are on hunger strike. They are protesting against the ongoing police detention.
• Activists in Toulouse protest Turkish invasion attacks on South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish invasion attacks were protested in Toulouse with an action organised by the Kurdish youth movement.
• Young activists in Dresden condemn Turkey's attempt to invade Zap, Metina and Avashin 

  TCŞ and Teko-Jin activists in Dresden protested the Turkish attempt to occupy the regions of Zap, Metina and Avashin regions in the Medya Defense Areas. The activists put up stands and tents to inform citizenship.
• Young activists in Evry call on everyone to support the guerrilla resistance 

  Young activists from Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger marched in the suburb of Evry in Paris protesting the invasion and genocide attacks of the Turkish state against the Medya Defense Areas.
• Activists in Berlin protest the Turkish invasion attempts of Medya Defense Areas 

  The invasion attempts carried out by Turkey against Medya Defense Areas were protested in Berlin.
• Detention period extended for 14 people detained in Van 

  The solidarity association MEBYA-DER, which cares for people who have lost relatives in the Kurdish liberation struggle, is in the focus of the state repression in Turkey.
• Eren Keskin: Sedat Peker's statements are not surprising 

  Turkish mafia godfather Sedat Peker's revelations about links between the state and organized crime are making headlines. Human rights lawyer Eren Keskin sees a structural problem that has existed not only since the AKP.
• Banner action for Öcalan in Copenhagen 

  Banners and posters carrying the words of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan were hung in different borough of Copenhagen.
• Ten people taken into custody in Mersin 

  Ten people were taken into custody following house raids in Mersin.
• Court rules to keep Sebahat Tuncel and Gültan Kışanak in prison 

  The trial against Sebahat Tuncel and Gültan Kışanak has been postponed for the 11th time. The court ruled that the two politicians will remain in prison.
• Second week of action promoted by TJK-E and KCDK-E ends in Strasbourg  

  The four-week action organised in Strasbourg by Kurdish associations ended with the condemnation of the silence kept by Europe on the expansionism of the Turkish state. Activists called on the peoples to jointly fight against fascism.
• Osman Kavala remains in prison in Gezi trial 

  Eight years after the Gezi resistance in Turkey, the controversial trial on the protests has been reopened. The defendants, including cultural promoter Osman Kavala, had previously been acquitted.
• Children of Fire announce further actions in several cities 

  "Every member of the ruling AKP-MHP alliance, which bombs Kurdistan mountains and destroys Kurdish cities, is responsible and will be held accountable," said the Children of Fire Initiative.
• After 500 days, Hürmüz Diril still unaccounted for 

  The investigation about Hürmüz Diril unaccounted for 500 days and her husband Şimoni Diril whose corpse was found 70 days after being kidnapped, continues with no progress.
• French organizations launch campaign for legalization of PKK 

  The French "Collectif Solidarité Kurdistan 13" has launched a campaign for the decriminalization of the PKK. The removal of the PKK from the EU terror list is wanted to be achieved with wide-ranging actions for an indefinite period of time.
• Many detained in three cities 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue unabated.
• Lawyers request recusation in third session of Kobanê Trial 

  “An impartial trial is an indispensable condition for a fair trial. Your court does not approach this case impartially," said lawyer Cemile Turhallı Balsak to the court board and requested recusation.
• Kurdish institutions in Europe call on everyone to stand up against the Turkish state attacks 

  Some 50 Kurdish institutions called on people to stand up against the Turkish state's invasion attempt against Medya Defense Areas with the spirit of Kobanê.