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• At least 5 detained in Urfa and Malatya 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide continues unabated.
• Lawyers apply to visit Abdullah Öcalan 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit to their client who is imprisoned on the prison island of Imrali.
• Kurds turn their backs on the UN in Geneva 

  In a symbolic action, Kurds have turned their backs on the UN headquarters in Geneva to protest the United Nations' ignorance in the face of their demands.
• Swedish minister: Freedom of expression must be respected in Kurdistan Region 

  Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said in a parliamentary session that she is concerned about the detention of journalists and dissidents in Southern Kurdistan. She called for respect for human rights and freedom of expression.
• Online panel discusses Turkey’s intelligence activities, murders and threats abroad 

  Antoine Comte, lawyer of three Kurdish women revolutionaries murdered in France, Jan Fermon, lawyer of the PKK case in Belgium, Frank Jasenski, lawyer of Kurdish politicians in Germany and Kurdish politician Ferda Çetin attended the panel.
• Deposed co-mayor of Varto sentenced to 2 years and 3 months in prison 

  The Turkish state’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continues unabated.
• British trade unionist: Abdullah Öcalan will not be left alone on that island 

  Tony Burke, Assistant General Secretary at Unite the Union, one of the leaders of the freedom campaign for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, said that they will speed up the campaign and added, "Öcalan will not be left alone on that island."
• Judge leaves the courtroom in Ankara massacre hearing 

  During the hearing of the Ankara massacre case, the families reacted to the presiding judge. After a row the presiding judge left the courtroom.
• HDP members stage sit-in to protest the police intervention in Amed 

  HDP deputy Remziye Tosun responded to the police intervention on party members who in a statement called attention to the Imrali isolation and the hunger strikes. She said "Let's not be silent about the isolation and the hunger strikes."
• HDP member Mehmet Masyan taken into custody in Istanbul 

  Mehmet Masyan, a member of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), was taken into custody following a new political genocide operation.
• Başaraner: Resistance is the main feature of HDP voters 

  Kurdish politician Emek Başaraner talked about the repression targeting the HDP and said: "Violence has become a habit for the regime, but resistance has become a habit for six million HDP voters."
• Bernmar: Repression must end, the PKK must be removed from the terrorist list 

  Göteborg Municipal official and Left Party Group Chairman Daniel Bernmar condemned the security police's crackdowns on Kurds and demanded that the PKK be removed from the list of terrorist organizations.
• Prosecutor questions MEBYA-DER members in custody about Garê operation and Garzan graveyard 

  Those detained in the MEBYA-DER operation were asked questions about "HPG members who lost their lives in the Garê operation” or “who opened Garzan Graveyard” and “who washed the body of a fallen fighter".
• TJA activist Beritan Önen sent to prison 

  TJA activist Beritan Önen was arrested on the allegation of “being a member of an illegal organization”.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client.
• Seized Amed Metropolitan Municipality dismisses three more workers 

  Three more people were dismissed from the seized Amed Metropolitan Municipality.
• Turkish prosecutor launches investigation into 18 MEBYA-DER lawyers 

  The Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office launched an investigation against 18 lawyers of MEBYA-DER without obtaining permission from the Ministry of Justice. The lawyers learned about the investigation in the Courthouse.
• Şenyaşar family's search for justice continues 

  Şenyaşar family is carrying out a protest in front of the courthouse in Urfa to denounce the killings of family members by relatives and bodyguards AKP deputy Ibrahim Halil Yıldız in Suruç in 2018.
• Children of Fire Initiative hits a factory, two vehicles and a yacht 

  Children of Fire Initiative said that they burned a "fascist" textile factory, a closed marketplace, a transit vehicle, an earth digger and a yacht in Denizli, Izmir and Antalya.
• Transfer of prisoners continues 

  Fifty prisoners in Type D Closed Prison in Amed were transferred to another prison on the same campus.
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg enters week 455 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg has entered its 455th week. Kurdish activists from Rennes have taken over the vigil this week.
• Detention period of MEBYA-DER members extended 

  The detention period of the MEBYA-DER members in custody in Amed has been extended by four days. For some of those affected, the measure comes into force for the second time.
• Mobile Library in Berlin promotes Öcalan's work 

  The mobile library promoting the work of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, entered its third and final day in Berlin.
• Verdict in Hrant Dink murder case adjourned 

  In the trial against those behind the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, an Istanbul court has postponed its decision. The reason given for the postponement was the inability of a judge to attend.
• Pope Francis meets Shiite cleric Sistani in Iraq 

  During his first visit to Iraq, Francis Pope met Shiite cleric al-Sistani in the city of Najaf.