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• Kurds in Zurich protest the US for bounty on PKK leading figures 

  Kurds in Zurich protested the bounty put by the US on three leading PKK cadres, Murat Karayılan, Cemil Bayık and Duran Kalkan.
• Police attack tea producers in Hopa 

  Police on Thursday attacked tea producers in Hopa, who protested the quota and quota application for tea. Many producers ended up in custody.
• Leyla Güven faces two new investigations 

  Two further investigations have been launched against the imprisoned Kurdish politician Leyla Güven. The reason are statements she made about Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds organize 'Free Society' conference in Britain 

  Kurds living in Britain has decided to establish a People's Assembly based on the Democratic Confederalism paradigm of Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in Paris protest the US 

  Kurds living in Paris continued their protest against the US targeting three senior members of the Kurdish liberation movement.
• DTK and DBP call for a united struggle and end to Öcalan’s isolation 

  DTK and the DBP emphasized that the country was on the brink of a dark abyss because of the Imrali isolation, stating that the main interlocutor of the solution is Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan and calling for a united struggle.
• 16 opposition activists jailed in Amed 

  16 opposition activists have been remanded in custody in Amed. The politicians and activists are accused of membership in a terrorist organization.
• Deposed co-mayor of Iğdır sentenced to seven and a half years in prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• NGOs and political parties in Adana slam state-mafia relation 

  Representatives of political parties and NGOs in Adana province warned that corruption can only be prevented through organized struggle.
• Families of Suruç massacre victims visit Şenyaşar family 

  The families of the young people killed in Suruç massacre visited Emine Şenyaşar. The families said, "Our relatives were killed by the state".
• Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers file new application to visit their client 

  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.
• Hunger strike in prisons on day 182 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 182nd day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has been continuing for 161 days and in Greece for 144 days.
• Court sends 6 Partizan members to prison over Ibrahim Kaypakkaya commemoration 

  Two out of eight Partizan members who had been under custody for 8 days in Istanbul for joining a commemoration of Ibrahim Kaypakkaya were released, while six people were arrested.
• Activists in Strasbourg deliver files on Turkish occupation to Council of Europe member states 

  The sit-in protest launched in Strasbourg against the occupation attacks carried out by the Turkish state in South Kurdistan continues in its third week.
• Action in Berlin to protest isolation continues on its third week 

  Young people in Berlin continue to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish activists take to the streets in Mantes la Jolie and Marseille 

  The invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state against South Kurdistan were protested in an action organized in Mantes la Jolie, while in Marseille, the US bounty put on three leaders of the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle was protested.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative targets prison wardens 

  Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative announced that they carried out multiple actions in many cities to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan and support hunger strike resistance in prisons.
• HDP calls for a parliamentary committee to investigate mafia links 

  The HDP calls for a parliamentary committee to investigate statements about the links between the mafia and politics in Turkey.
• Sit-in protest in front of the UN office in Geneva continues 

  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.
• Anti-government demonstrations continue in Baghdad 

  The anti-government protests that started on Tuesday in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, are continuing on the second day. At least 2 demonstrators were killed and 26 were injured by the Iraqi security forces.
• Court adjourns hearing of Demirtaş in Istanbul 

  The hearing of the former Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş has been postponed.
• Children's bodies off Libyan coast - Not a tragedy, but a crime 

  The bodies of several drowned infants have washed up on Libyan shores. The children are migrants who died while trying to cross to Europe.
• Sit-in protest against Turkish occupation continues in Strasbourg 

  The ongoing sit-in protest against the occupation and genocide in the city of Strasbourg has entered its third week.
• Polling booths open in Damascus-controlled areas  

  Elections are held today in areas under the control of the Damascus government, where Bashar al-Assad wants to reaffirm his power and become president for the fourth time.
• Murat Yıldız will be buried today 

  The body of Murat Yıldız, who was killed following the Turkish army’s bombing of Dersim, was delivered to his family. Yıldız will be buried today at 12 pm in the village of Ağaçpınar.