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• Kurds pay tribute to martyr Sarya Diyar in Lucerne 

  Sarya Diyar (Bişeng Hezer), who fell a martyr after 10 days of the Avashin's resistance against the invasion attacks launched by the Turkish state against South Kurdistan was commemorated in Lucerne.
• Sinan Dersim commemorated in Rome 

  A memorial ceremony for the fallen revolutionary Sinan Dersim has taken place in Rome.
• Demonstrations across Germany: Together against fascism 

  On the anniversary of the liberation from Hitler's fascism on May 8, Kurds protested against Turkish fascism and expansionism in Germany, including in Kassel, Düsseldorf, Saarbrucken, Hanover, Mannheim and Stuttgart.
• HBDH pays tribute to founding commander Ulaş Bayraktaroğlu 

  HBDH Executive Committee commemorated the 4th anniversary of the martyrdom of Ulaş Bayraktaroğlu, one of its founding members, and said his ideals “live most vividly in our united revolutionary struggle."
• DKP / BÖG pays tribute to its martyrs 

  The Revolutionary Communes Party / United Freedom Forces (DKP / BÖG) Central Executive Committee issued a statement within the scope of the “Week of the Immortals”, from 9 to 16 May.
• Activists in Oslo protest the governments of Iran and Turkey 

  The attacks of the invading Turkish state against Kurdistan and the executions carried out in Iran were protested in Oslo.
• Activists in Heilbronn cycle against isolation of Öcalan and Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  The Kurdish Society Center in Heilbronn protested the ongoing isolation of Abdullah Öcalan with a bicycle demonstration. The victims of Nazi Germany were commemorated with a rally in the city center.
• Kurdish youth in Michurinsk salutes the guerrilla resistance  

  Kurdish youth in the Russian town of Michurinsk saluted the guerrilla resistance and stated that the Turkish state will be dealt a nasty blow.
• Sinn Féin: UK government tries to give immunity to British soldiers who committed crimes in Ireland 

  Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD said that reports that the British government will bring forward an amnesty for British soldiers involved in the murders of Irish citizens is a devastating blow for families seeking truth and justice.
• Israeli airstrike against Syria leaves many Iranian militias dead 

  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that eight members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its proxy militias were killed following attacks on Hama and Latakia.
• Bounty hunting can have no place in US policy towards the Kurds, says Peace in Kurdistan 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign said that "Bounty hunting can have no place in US policy towards the Kurds".
• Protest against police operation against Kurdish Community Center in Nuremberg 

  In Nuremberg, the Democratic Kurdish Community Center and a private apartment have been raided, and activist Mirza B. has been arrested as a suspected PKK leader. Numerous organizations have protested against the repression.
• Colombians in rebellion: “They seized everything we had, even our fears” 

  The protests against tax reform proposed by the government in Colombia evolved into a rebellion against the government. Up to date, at least 37 people died and the country is about to explode.
• Kurds and their friends to take to streets in three continents 

  KCDK-E is organizing events on May 8 in Europe, Australia and Canada to protest the recent military assaults of the Turkish state in South Kurdistan and executions in Iran.
• Two detained as police attack civil disobedience action for Öcalan at ECtHR 

  The action led by Kurdish and internationalist young women was organized as part of the 'Em Dibêjin NA' (We say NO) campaign.
• Kurdish women stage civil disobedience action at the ECtHR 

  The action led by Kurdish and internationalist young women was organized as part of the 'Em Dibêjin NA' (We say No) campaign.
• "Hunger strike will continue until the end of isolation" 

  Hunger strikers in the self-administered refugee camps of Lavrio and Maxmur demand the lifting of the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. They vow to continue the alternating strike until success.
• German police storm Kurdish association in Nuremberg 

  Police stormed an apartment and the Medya People’s House in Nuremberg. The co-chairwoman of the People’s House and a visitor were detained.
• KCDK-E calls on people to join press conference to be held on 10 May to protest Turkish attacks 

  The KCDK-E Co-Presidency Council called for participation to the press conference to be held in Cologne on Monday, 10 May, to protest the Turkish state's invasion attacks against South Kurdistan.
• Germany warns Turkey over mercenaries presence in Libya 

  During a meeting between German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas and his Turkish counterpart Çavuşoğlu, Turkey made it clear that it would not withdraw its troops from Libya.
• HBDH Kurdistan Martyr Sinan claims action on the Mardin-Amed highway 

  HBDH Kurdistan Martyr Sinan announced that as part of the Dersim Revolutionary Revenge Campaign, on 6 May a truck was set on fire on the Mardin - Amed highway.
• Demo outside the US Embassy in Bern: “Representatives of the Kurds are not terrorists” 

  The European Kurdish Democratic Societies Congress (KCDK-E) started a campaign on April 29 to denounce the US bounty on three Kurdish representatives.
• HDP MP Başaran: The people are starving, the government is at war 

  While the population in Turkey is becoming increasingly impoverished, security spending has increased by 86 percent. HDP deputy Ayşe Acar Başaran accuses the government of investing taxpayers' money in military spending instead of bread, jobs and vaccines
• Lawyers apply again to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned in Imrali for 22 years under severe isolation.
• Activists in Germany hand out 93,000 leaflets explaining Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  A group of German activists and Kurdistan organizations in Germany, who took action after the recent Turkish invasion attacks in South Kurdistan, distributed 93,000 leaflets with the title "No to Turkish fascism" in a week.