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• Protest in Geneva against the Turkish state and the UN 

  The Kurdish people in Geneva protested the Turkish state’s attacks against South Kurdistan and the silence of the United Nations.
• North-East Syrian delegation visits France 

  The delegation from North-East Syria met with the Foreign Relations Committee of the French Parliament.
• 'Turkish goods become money which turn into bullets' 

  Daniel Brown from Boycott Turkey Campaign interviewed by journalist Erem Kansoy.
• KCDK-E calls on everyone to join demonstrations against Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  KCDK-E announced a series of actions to protest the Turkish state's attacks on Maxmur, Shengal and Meyda Defense Areas.
• Swiss Socialist Party expresses solidarity with HDP 

  The Swiss Socialist Party responded to the AKP-MHP government's reopening of the closure case against the HDP with a message of solidarity with the HDP.
• New political police operation in Istanbul, many detained 

  Many people, including HDP members and executives, were detained in a political police operation carried out in 8 boroughs of Istanbul.
• Case of former HDP deputy Önder combined with Kobanê Case 

  A case in which HDP former MP Sırrı Süreyya Önder stands trial has been merged with the Kobanê Case.
• Constitutional Court appoints rapporteur for HDP closure case 

  Turkish Constitutional Court has reassigned a rapporteur for the closure case against the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
• Şenyaşar family says murderers are protected by government 

  The Şenyaşar family said that the ruling AKP-MHP government protects the murderers of their relatives.
• Kurds in Vienna protest Turkish invasion attacks on South Kurdistan 

  Kurds and their friends in Vienna protested the invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state and called for total resistance.
• Van Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Mustafa Avcı taken into custody 

  Van Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Mustafa Avcı, who was replaced by a state-appointed trustee, was detained this morning.
• Police say 4 members of a Muslim family killed in "premeditated" vehicle attack in Canada 

  Four members of a Muslim family were killed in a "premeditated" vehicle attack on Sunday, Canadian police said today
• Children of Fire set fire to three factories and two vehicles 

  You will never get away with your crimes, said the Children of Fire Initiative, addressing to “AKP-MHP gangs pursuing vicious policies under the cover of Kurdish enmity”.
• Court in Amed sends five people to prison, releases 13 under judicial control  

  Five of the 18 people detained in a recent political genocide operation in Amed were remanded in custody while 13 other were released under judicial control.
• German government silent on chemical weapons use by Turkish army 

  While reports of chemical weapons use by the Turkish army are piling up, the German government, as an ally of Turkish fascism, remains silent on the war crimes.
• Muslim: Peker's allegations will ruin the 2014 coalition in Turkey 

  PYD co-presidency council member Salih Muslim said that Turkish mob leader Sedat Peker's allegations would disintegrate the coalition which was formed in 2014 to carry out the so-called ‘Collapse Plan’ against Kurdish opposition.
• New indictment to ban the HDP submitted to Constitutional Court 

  The Chief Public Prosecutor at the Turkish Court of Cassation has submitted a new indictment against the HDP to the Constitutional Court. At the end of March, a first version of the indictment had been found fault with and returned.
• Kurdish lawyer sentenced to 11.5 years in prison 

  Kurdish lawyer Sevda Çelik Özbingöl has been sentenced to over eleven years in prison in Urfa. The lawyer is a thorn in the side of the judiciary because she represents the Şenyaşar family and survivors of the victims of the ISIS attack in Suruç.
• Young activists take over the vigil for Öcalan’s freedom in Strasbourg 

  Young Kurdish activists from Switzerland have taken over the Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg. The young activists called for unity against the isolation, occupation and genocide attacks.
• Commission of lawyers calls for participation in hearing of Ankara massacre 

  The ‘October 10 Ankara Massacre Case Lawyers’ Commission’ called for participation in the hearing to be held on June 9 in Ankara.
• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• YPS Martyr Kawa Çekdar Retaliation Team targets Nusaybin AKP provincial chair 

  YPS Martyr Kawa Çekdar Retaliation Team said they carried out a bombing action targeting the house of AKP district chairman in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• KON-MED celebrates its second congress in Cologne 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED held its second congress. The new co-chairs are the exiled politicians Zübeyde Zümrüt and Engin Sever.
• Iranian soldiers injure two kolbars, one a child 

  Iranian soldiers injured 2 kolbars, 1 of them a child.
• Activists in Oldenburg condemn Turkish attacks on Maxmur and South Kurdistan 

  A rally was held in Oldenburg to condemn the Turkish state's fascist attacks on South Kurdistan and Maxmur.