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• 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.
• German friend of the Kurds dies in Venezuela 

  Bernhard Heidbreder, who was wanted for actions he carried out during the dirty war in Kurdistan in 1994 to protest the German government for its support to the Turkish army, died of cancer in Venezuela.
• Gendarmerie detain five people in Adıyaman 

  In Adıyaman, 5 people were detained in house raids by the Gendarmerie on Monday morning and evening.
• New group takes over the sit-in by Kurdish activists in Strasbourg 

  All over Europe, Kurds are protesting against the aggression of the Turkish state, which is tacitly supported by the international community. A central protest has been taking place for weeks in Strasbourg.
• Activists from Bonn take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil on week 467 

  A group of activists from Bonn took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on week 467.
• Far-right ELAM party makes big gains in Cyprus elections, but Conservatives win elections 

  Democratic Rally conservative party win the elections in Cyprus but far-right ELAM party makes big gains.
• FED-DEM holds 3rd Congress in Hildesheim 

  FED-DEM, the umbrella organization of the Kurdish people living in Northern Germany, held its 3rd Congress in Hildesheim.
• Sinn Fein: We stand with the Kurdish hunger strikers 

  Sinn Fein stands in solidarity with Kurdish hunger strikers and urges Turkish government to meet their demands.
• Brazilians in 200 cities rally against President Bolsonaro 

  Brazilians on Saturday have taken the streets to protest against the chaos created by President Jair Bolsonaro's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• HBDH pays tribute to Nurhak fighters and heroes of Gezi uprising 

  HBDH Executive Committee commemorates the "Nurhak fighters and heroes of the Gezi Uprising" and said: "Our goal is clear. There is one only way. There is one only exit. It is one word… REVOLUTION!”