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• 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.
• Nine parties in Spain express solidarity with the HDP 

  The Kurdish representative in Spain, Faruk Eyyup Doru, asked the Congress to approve an initiative for the Spanish Government to condemn the repression of the Turkish government against the HDP.
• Loud explosions in Şırnak and Batman 

  Loud explosions and the noise of battle tore through the silence of Thursday night in the cities of Şırnak and Batman.
• Sit-in protest in Strasbourg against isolation, occupation and genocide continues on week two 

  The sit-in protest in Strasbourg against isolation, occupation and genocide is in its second week.
• Young people in Paris protest the Turkish attacks against South Kurdistan 

  Young people gathered under the leadership of TCŞ and TekoJIN in the Villiers Le Bel in Paris to protest the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Öcalan and the attacks of the Turkish state.
• Kurds in Europe salute the guerrilla resistance 

  Kurds living in France and Switzerland took to the streets to protest the isolation of Öcalan and saluted the guerrilla resistance.
• 15 detained in police attack on commemoration of Martyrs of May in Ankara 

  Turkish police attacked a rally of leftist organizations in Ankara for the revolutionary leader Ibrahim Kaypakkaya and the Martyrs of May. 15 people were taken into custody.
• SOHR reports new Turkish reinforcement to Idlib 

  New reinforcement sent to Taftnaz military airbase in southern Idlib.
• HDP co-chair: Government seeks to take revenge with the Kobanê trial which is a plot 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar defined the Kobanê Trial as a plot case, saying, "We will save this country from this corrupt government, we have the power to do so because we take sides with the truth.”
• Confidentiality order for the file of 15 detained in MEBYA-DER investigation in Van 

  The solidarity association MEBYA-DER cares for people who have lost relatives in the Kurdish liberation struggle. Therefore, it is in the focus of the state repression in Turkey.
• Activists in Strasbourg call for unity and support for guerrilla resistance 

  The vigil launched in Strasbourg, France, against the Turkish state's invasion attacks and isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues.
• Second hearing of the Kobanê Trial continues 

  The second hearing of the Kobanê Trial, in which 108 people stand trial, 28 of whom are jailed pending trial, is continuing in Ankara.
• Police detain Emine Şenyaşar and her son using violence 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar were violently detained by police in Urfa.
• Wales, India, Kurdistan – An Interview with Professor Felix Padel 

  Professor Felix Padel talks about ecology, culture and self-determination in Wales, India, Kurdistan.
• Danish government to take back 19 children and 3 women from North-East Syrian camps 

  Denmark’s government said it plans to take back 19 Danish children and three of their mothers from Hol and Roj camps in North and East Syria.
• Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger activists in Toulouse protest the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger activists protested the Turkish invasion and genocide attacks with an action in Toulouse.
• 28th group takes over the hunger strike in Lavrio 

  The hunger strike in the Greek refugee camp of Lavrio in support of political prisoners in Turkey has been taken over by the 28th group.
• Kobanê trial resumes today in Ankara 

  On the second day of the Kobanê trial in Ankara, former HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ described the trial as “the embodiment of the break-up operation against the HDP”. The trial continues today.
• EU-Turkey relations are at a historic low point, say MEPs 

  EU-Turkey relations have deteriorated to such an extent that the EU needs to profoundly reassess them, MEPs say in a report adopted on Wednesday.
• Activists at the Geneva vigil salute the guerrilla resistance  

  Kurdish activists continued a sit-in protest in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva protesting against the inaction of the international community in the face of Turkey's expansionist policy and the genocidal occupation attacks on Kurdistan.
• Kurds in Armenia warn against Turkish expansionism, call for unity 

  A press conference was held by Kurdish institutions in Yerevan responding to the invasion attacks and expansionist policies of the Turkish state.
• Van Governorate issues new "actions and activities ban" for 15 days  

  Van Governorate has issued a new "actions and activities ban" for 15 days.
• Activists in Cologne send 5,500 signatures to the UN demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Some 5,500 signatures were collected in Cologne and sent to the United Nations as part of the Europe-wide signature campaign demanding freedom for Öcalan.