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• 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.
• Protests against police operation against health workers 

  Tuesday’s operation against members and executives of the trade union of public employees in health and social services (SES) was protested in several cities. The demonstrators also protested the additional payment circular.
• 7 political parties condemn Turkish government’s relation with mafia 

  HDP, EMEP, People's Houses, Left Party, TİP, TKP, TÖP have released a joint statement over the mafia-state relationship in Turkey, saying, "We urge everyone to mobilize and fight for a decent society by getting rid of this dirty alliance."
• DTK co-chair Öztürk: Freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is the only solution 

  DTK co-chair Berdan Öztürk said that the state-mafia relationship develops as the Imrali isolation deepens, and that there is no solution other than Öcalan's freedom.
• Lawyers apply 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.
• Young people in Vienna hold march against the Turkish invasion attacks  

  Young people organizations in Vienna held a march against the Turkish invasion attacks.
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil reaches week 466 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg continues on week 466. A group from Duisburg took over the action.
• Sit-in action in Strasbourg enters third week 

  The sit-in protest against the Turkish invasion attacks and genocide taking place in Strasbourg, entered its third week.
• Police detain several Social Service Workers' Union executives 

  Several members of SES, including co-chair Selma Atabey, were detained during a new political genocide operation.
• NATO - USA: Hands off Kurdistan - Hands off the Middle East! 

  International silence promotes Erdoğan's aggression and militarism and paves the way of ethnic cleansing of Kurds, say several organisations from Kurdistan and Europe, calling for support for a protest gathering in front of the U.S. Embassy in Brussels.
• Commemoration in London for May martyrs 

  The London Committee of Martyrs’ Families organised a commemoration event for May martyrs.
• Children of Fire set fire to several targets in six cities 

  The 'Children of Fire Initiative' announced that they set fire to a number of places in six cities of Turkey.
• HBDH targets natural gas pipeline near Mardin 

  The Kurdistan Committee of the leftist guerrilla alliance HBDH hit a central distribution frame of the natural gas pipeline network between Amed and Mardin.
• Şenyaşar family says officials cover murderers 

  The Şenyaşar family, who has been holding a Justice Vigil for 77 days for their murdered relatives in Urfa, said that "The murderers are known but there is no prosecutor to do what is necessary.”
• The Guardian reports on accusation against the AKP over handling of coronavirus pandemic 

  The Guardian, one of Britain's leading newspapers, published a report on the policies followed by the AKP government during the coronavirus crisis. The article said that the AKP's policies that sacrifice public health to the economy caused anger.