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• Murdered Kurdish businessmen commemorated 

  The murdered Kurdish businessmen Savaş Buldan, Hacı Karay and Adnan Yıldırım were commemorated by their graves. HDP co-chairs attended the commemoration.
• At least 23 migrants die off Tunisian coast 

  After an accident off the Tunisian coast, 23 bodies have been discovered. Seventy more people were recovered alive, according to the Tunisian Red Crescent.
• Internationalist rally against Öcalan's isolation in Berlin 

  Internationalist activists gathered in Berlin for a rally demanding the release of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan. With this demand, signatures were collected to be sent to the UN.
• Lawyers apply again to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned in Imrali for 22 years under severe isolation.
• Şenyaşar family urges prosecutor to investigate 23 people involved in the case 

  The Şenyaşar family has urged the Turkish judiciary to launch investigation into 23 people who were involved in the massacre of her family members in hospital.
• Colombia opens border with Venezuela after 14-month closure 

  Colombia on Wednesday reopened its border with Venezuela after a 14-month closure ordered to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
• Curfew in villages and hamlets of Tatvan 

  As of Wednesday, a curfew has been imposed in some villages and hamlets of Tatvan by the Governor's Office.
• Rally in Strasbourg protests against European silence on Turkey’s crimes 

  In Strasbourg, masses staged a march from the Council of Europe to the US Embassy to protest against the hypocritical attitude of the EU and the United States in the face of Turkish war crimes in Kurdistan.
• Geneva vigil: "The UN must break its silence" 

  A protest against the crimes of the Erdogan regime in Kurdistan has been held in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva. The activists demanded that the UN take a stand against the expansionism and human rights violations of the Turkish state.
• Solidarity with the struggle of Emine Şenyaşar 

  For three months, Emine Şenyaşar has been demanding justice in front of the courthouse in Urfa for her husband and sons, who were murdered by bodyguards of an AKP deputy. More and more people are showing solidarity with her persistent struggle.
• Turkey faces food crisis 

  Rıdvan Turan of the HDP's Agricultural Commission warns of an impending food crisis, stating, "Farmers are paying the price for capital-oriented agricultural policies."
• Leyla Güven faces prison sentence for calling Kurdish leader “Mr. Öcalan” 

  Democratic Society Congress (DTK) co-chair Leyla Güven appeared in court for calling Kurdish leader “Mr. Öcalan”. The prosecutor demands up to 5 years in jail.
• Lawyer Erbaş: We must see the political roots of criminal groups 

  “We cannot grasp the essence of these relations without also evaluating the reality of war which stems from the the Kurdish question,” said lawyer Doğan Erbaş, a member of the HDP Party Assembly.
• Iraqi MPs take action against Turkish invasion attacks 

  Iraqi parliamentarians took action against the invasion attacks and nature destruction carried out by the Turkish state against South Kurdistan.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client in Imrali.
• HBDH Kurdistan Committee says they hit Mardin MHP Provincial Chair 

  HBDH Kurdistan Committee said they targeted Mardin MHP Provincial Chair.
• Grave of Tahir Elçi desecrated 

  In 2015, Tahir Elçi, a prominent Kurdish human rights lawyer, was shot and killed during a press conference in the city of Diyarbakır.
• Strasbourg vigil against occupation and genocide continues 

  The Strasbourg vigil against occupation and genocide has been taken over by activists from Switzerland. The international community is accused of tacit approval of the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan.
• Boğaziçi academics turn their back on appointed rector on day 100 of protest 

  “While defending those already belonging to us, to the public, to the society, we get our strength from 158-year tradition of Boğaziçi and its practice as a public university for the last 50 years.”
• Turkish state builds colonial houses in Afrin 

  In an action organized in the Ehdas district of Shehba Canton, the Kongreya Star responded to the construction of colonial houses in Afrin by the Turkish state with the support of several other countries.
• TJK-E and KCDK-E to organize demo in Strasbourg on June 2 

  "To expose and protest the hypocrisy of Europe, the support of the USA and the crimes committed by the Turkish army we urge our patriotic people, our European friends, all revolutionaries, democrats, intellectuals to participate in our march on June 2."
• Turkish judiciary protects rapist specialized sergeant, refuses to arrest him 

  A Turkish court rejected to arrest Turkish specialized sergeant Musa Orhan, who raped a young woman in Batman and led her to suicide.
• HBDH Kurdistan set a truck belonging to AKP members on fire in Derik 

  HBDH Kurdistan announced that they set fire to a truck belonging to AKP members in Mardin's Derik district.
• HDP: CPT should put pressure on Turkey to end the isolation 

  HDP Silvan District co-chair Kenan Kaydu said that the isolation against Kurdish leader Öcalan has turned into a systematic torture and urged the CPT to put pressure on the Turkish state to end this practice.
• Martyr Eriş Andok Revenge Unit claims responsibility for action against Police Station in Amed 

  Martyr Eriş Andok Revenge Unit said it carried out an action with a hand-made bomb against the Martyrdom Police Station in Amed.