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• Three people sent to prison in Van 

  Three out of five people who were taken into custody in the police political operations carried out in Van were sent to prison.
• Activists in Zurich and Heilbronn send letters to the UN demanding freedom for Öcalan  

  Activists in Zurich and Heilbronn sent letters to the United Nations demanding the end of the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and urging the UN to play its role in achieving his freedom.
• KCDK-E calls on activists to join today's European Democratic Forces Union actions across Europe 

  The KCDK-E co-presidency Council called on activists to join the European Democratic Forces Union in the actions to be held in many European cities today within the scope of the campaign launched with the slogan "We will defeat fascism together".
• Hevrin Xelef's mother: Justice must be served 

  Sûad Xelef Mihemed, mother of Martyr Hevrîn Xelef, supports the Şenyaşar family's justice vigil. She urged the international community and human rights organizations to promote justice.
• Hunger strike in Lavrio Camp on day 96 

  The activists emphasized that their resistance would continue everywhere until Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is free.
• Turkey imported arms worth 9 million euros from Germany 

  Germany approved arms sales worth 8 million 975 thousand euros to Turkey in the first three months of the year. The Berlin administration designated the information requested for Turkish drones as "state secret".
• Hearing of Selahattin Demirtaş postponed to May 

  “When the rule of law is restored, you will be held accountable before the law,” said former co-chair of the HDP, Selahattin Demirtaş to the court board during a hearing on Friday.
• Abdullah Öcalan posters hung in German city of Kassel 

  Large-size posters of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were hung at the entrance and exit of the German city of Kassel.
• Ankara's mercenaries protest payment delay 

  Some mercenaries deployed by the Turkish state to Nagorno-Karabakh have protested the paycheck delay.
• Italian Prime Minister calls Erdoğan a dictator 

  Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi has sharply criticized the way EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was treated during her visit to Ankara. He called Turkish leader Erdoğan a "dictator”.
• New night of riots in Belfast 

  Residents had gathered on the Springfield Road last night to keep watch following an outbreak of heavy loyalist rioting which threatened to break through into nationalist estates on Wednesday.
• Activists in Bonn demand freedom for Öcalan 

  An action was held in Bonn demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Borough headman removed from his charge 

  Muhtar [borough headman] Çağdaş Araz was accused by AKP's Yeşilli mayor Hayrettin Demir of "allocating a place to the HDP". He was suspended from his post.
• Bayındır: "The key to a solution lies in Imrali" 

  Millions of people made it clear during the Newroz celebrations that they consider Abdullah Öcalan as their leader. DBP co-chair Keskin Bayındır states that the key to a solution to the Kurdish question lies in Imrali.
• HDP: EU leaders seek to “reset” relations with Turkey with a “positive agenda” 

  HDP asks the EU to do more than making statements of concern, and reconsider and reposition the centrality of human rights and democracy as the key to the “positive agenda” that they want to pursue with Turkey – a candidate country.
• Şenyaşar family's resistance for justice on day 31 

  Şenyaşar Family's resistance for justice continues on its 31st day.
• HDP Pertek district co-chair detained 

  Turkish police detained the HDP Pertek District Co-Chair Aydın Köse and DGB member Ulaş Uslu.
• Lawyers apply again to visit Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client in Imrali.
• Ömer Öcalan: CPT must finally see the isolation and torture on Imralı 

  HDP Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan said, “There is a severe torture on Imrali Island and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) remains silent. The CPT should now take a stand against isolation".
• Action in Bern in solidarity with Şenyaşar family 

  An action was organized in Bern to support Emine Şenyaşar's quest for justice. Şenyaşar has been holding a Vigil for Jurtice in front of the courthouse in Urfa.
• Loyalists' riots reach Belfast 

  Scores of masked loyalists were involved in riots in west Belfast from early on Wednesday evening.
• Kurdish activist Ali Yavru dies in exile 

  Longtime activist Ali Yavru was known in the Kurdish movement as "Heval Xebat" and lived in Uelzen. He lost his battle with cancer and passed away in exile.
• Israel hits targets around Damascus 

  According to Sana news agency Israel once again hit targets in Syria on Wednesday night.
• Kurds turn their backs on the UN in Geneva in protest at the ongoing silence 

  Kurdish activists continued a sit-in protest in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva. In a symbolic action, they turned their backs on the UN building to protest its ignorance in the face of their demands.
• KONGRA-GEL: Europe keeps AKP/MHP fascism on its feet 

  KONGRA-GEL criticized the decisions of the European institutions to support the regime in Turkey, saying: "The EU and the Council of Europe prefer to prop up the fascist coalition of AKP and MHP that insists on war."