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• Police operation in Van, MEBYA-DER co-chair taken into custody 

  A number of people, including MEBYA-DER co-chair Gülistan Önver, were taken into custody this morning in Van.
• Police detain 7 in operation against Partizan members in Istanbul 

  Turkish police detained at least 7 people in house raids against Partizan members in Istanbul.
• Kobani trial: “We will not let people's will be crushed in this case of plot” 

  “There are no judges or prosecutors in this trial. Erdoğan, Bahçeli and Soylu sit in the seat of the judge, while the pro-government media and troll army sit in the seat of the prosecutor," said Demirtaş at the second hearing of Kobani trial.
• Palestine, Kurdistan and Martyrs of May 

  “We remember our fallen comrades and by saluting the Palestinian struggle. Long live internationalism! Long live the struggle in Palestine!”
• Commemoration of Ibrahim Kaypakkaya attacked by police in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, police attacked a memorial rally for Ibrahim Kaypakkaya and all revolutionaries killed in May, violently detaining at least 15 people.
• Öcalan's lawyers once again file application to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers filed a new application to meet with their client in Imrali.
• The second hearing of Kobanê Trial continues 

  The second hearing of the Kobanê Trial, in which 108 politicians, 28 of whom in prison, are tried began.
• Second hearing of the Kobanê Trial opens, journalists kept outside 

  Before the second hearing of the Kobanê Trial began, the police closed off the area and journalists were prevented from following the hearing.
• “There is no democratic environment to debate a new constitution in Turkey” 

  According to HDP deputy co-chair Ümit Dede, the ruling AKP-MHP alliance aims to destroy democracy and peace completely and to establish an authoritarian regime constitutionally.
• Three HDP members detained in Mardin 

  Three HDP members were detained during political genocide operations in Mardin.
• Kobanê Trial resumes today 

  The second hearing of the Kobanê trial against 108 politicians resumes today. in Sincan Prison Court.
• Death toll in Gaza nears 200 

  The Israeli army has hit Gaza in the early hours of the morning after a week of violence left around 200 people dead.
• Second week of the vigil in Strasbourg launched 

  The second week of the vigil of Kurdish organizations against Turkish expansionism and international support for the Erdogan regime has been launched in Strasbourg.
• International petition for stopping genocidal Turkish occupation of South Kurdistan 

  Petition by intellectuals, academics, politicians, and human rights activists calling upon international leaders and institutions to “help stop the Turkish occupation of South Kurdistan and the imminent threat of a Kurdish genocide”.
• HDP MP: Turkey’s problems are related to Öcalan’s isolation 

  "We must fight together against the AKP-MHP government that jeopardizes our lives, our future and the country," said HDP deputy Muazzez Orhan Işık.
• Children of Fire burn several factories and vehicles 

  The Children of Fire Initiative reported that they set fire to several factories and vehicles in five cities in Turkey.
• Şenyaşar family continues justice vigil in front of courthouse 

  The Şenyaşar family continues their justice vigil in front of the courthouse in Urfa province. The family urged public to join and promote their vigil.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers file new application to meet with their client  

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers filed a new application to meet with their client in Imrali.
• Activists from Düsseldorf take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of activists from Düsseldorf took over the ongoing Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg. The vigil has reached week 465.
• AKP-MHP regime wants to join project on "European defense" 

  The EU's collaboration with the Erdoğan regime is to be raised to a new level. According to reports, Turkey has applied to participate in a PESCO project on joint "European defense".
• No news from villagers of Eskar on fifth day of military operation 

  The operation launched in the countryside of the village of Eskar in Kulp, province of Amed continues. The village was closed to anyone coming in or going out. No news has been received for 4 days as telephone networks have also been cut off.
• Martyrs of May commemorated in Yerevan 

  The Kurdish community in the Armenian capital Yerevan commemorated the Kurdish liberation movement’s Martyrs of May.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan Committee’ convenes in Rome 

  During the meeting in Rome, the ‘Freedom for Öcalan Committee’ kicked off works for the new term.
• Sancar: Poverty is the common problem of the peoples 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar visited seasonal workers in onion fields in Ankara and listened to the problems described in Turkish, Arabic and Kurdish of the people from Urfa, Mardin and Hesekê living in tents.
• US bounty on PKK leading figures is ‘absolutely wrong’, says Debbie Bookchin 

  Debbie Bookchin, journalist, writer and secretary of the Emergency Committee for Rojava in the US, said that the US bounty on PKK leading figures is ‘absolutely wrong'.