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• Canada cancels licences for arms exports to Turkey 

  Canada has cancelled arms export licences for Turkey's high-tech drone systems after finding "credible evidence" that Canadian technology was diverted to Azerbaijan without Ottawa's permission and used in fighting in Nagorno-Karaba.
• Turkey puts helicopter deal with Italy on hold 

  In response to Mario Draghi's accusation of dictatorship, the Turkish government has put a contract for the purchase of helicopters from Italian defense manufacturer Leonardo on hold.
• Call for revolutionary internationalist May Day demo in Berlin 

  This year, the radical left will again march through Berlin in the "Revolutionary May Day Demonstration". For the first time, an alliance of migrant and internationalist groups will join the organization and provide the front block.
• “Öcalan must be free to find solutions to Middle East’s problems” 

  PYD Executive Committee member Asad Menan said that Abdullah Öcalan's physical freedom should be secured to resolve the issues in the Middle East.
• Hunger strike in Turkey’s prisons on day 137 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 137th day. The solidarity action launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 116 days and in Greece for 99 days.
• MEP Weber: Erdoğan is a kind of dictator 

  The chairman of EPP Group stated that the visit of EU-presidents to Turkey ended in a diplomatic failure and demanded that all talks about joining the EU should be stopped.
• Lawyers apply once again 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.
• Activists in Rome celebrate Abdullah Öcalan's birthday 

  The birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, was celebrated in Rome at the Ararat Association in Rome.
• Tehran says Natanz nuclear complex failure was a 'terrorist act'  

  Tehran said that the accident at Natanz nuclear complex was a 'terrorist act'.
• FCK BW-BAYERN holds its first Assemblies Conference in South Germany 

  Civakên Kurdistanî (FCK BW-BAYERN) held its first Assemblies Conference of the Baden-Württemburg and Bayern states.
• Young Kurds in Drancy protest isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Youth activists organized a march in the suburb of Drancy in Paris to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and for his freedom.
• Özdemir: German authorities and politics must finally take danger seriously! 

  Left-wing politician Cansu Özdemir has condemned the fascist attack on the Hamburg ADGB rally and called on authorities and politicians to finally take the danger posed by "Grey Wolves" seriously instead of ignoring and downplaying it.
• Nearly 23 million animals tortured in Turkey in 2020 

  The Animal Rights Monitoring Committee (HAKİM) has released its annual report on the violations of animal rights in Turkey: At least 1 billion 211 million 375 thousand 950 animals’ right to life was entrenched upon last year.
• ADGB campaign against fascism launched in Europe 

  Across Europe, many people took to the streets on Saturday at the start of the campaign "All Together Against Fascism" initiated by the "Alliance of Democratic Forces in Europe".
• Activists in Toronto protest Turkish regime 

  A march was held in Toronto as part of the "We will defeat fascism together" campaign launched by the European Democratic Forces Union (ADGB).
• Boğaziçi University Solidarity Initiative organises exhibition in Berlin 

  The action carried out by the Boğaziçi University Solidarity Initiative in Berlin to protest the appointment of the trustee rector, salutes the 100th day of resistance in Istanbul.
• Activists in Lucerne demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  An action was carried out in Lucerne demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Senators and deputies from Uruguay in solidarity with HDP 

  “The HDP is an expression of the struggles to democratize the Turkish State and contemplate the diversity of peoples that live there,” said senators and deputies from Uruguay.
• Medical chambers in solidarity with Emine Şenyaşar 

  Members of the Urfa and Amed medical chambers attended Emine Şenyaşar's vigil. For 33 days, the 70-year-old woman has been staging a sit-in outside the courthouse demanding justice for her relatives who were murdered by an AKP mob.
• Outrage over prison sentence given to Syriac priest in Turkey 

  The Syriac community is outraged by the sentence of more than two years in prison for Syriac Orthodox priest Sefer "Aho" Bileçen. The decision is a blow to the protection of minorities and vulnerable groups, warns the ESU.
• Kurdish women in Russia protest against Öcalan’s isolation 

  Protesting against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish women called on the international community to break their silence.
• Kurdish activist released from deportation custody in Germany 

  Kurdish activist Kavan Heidari has been released from deportation custody in Hamburg. He can now carry out his asylum procedure in Germany.
• Three people jailed on terror charges in Adana 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide continues unabated.
• La France Insoumise: France should end complacency towards Turkey 

  La France Insoumise calls on French authorities to lift the defense secrecy on the Paris killings.
• Istanbul May Day Platform calls on people to unite and take to the streets on 1 May 

  A broad alliance of trade unions, parties and initiatives called for street actions in Istanbul on May Day.