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• International petition for stopping genocidal Turkish occupation of South Kurdistan 

  Petition by intellectuals, academics, politicians, and human rights activists calling upon international leaders and institutions to “help stop the Turkish occupation of South Kurdistan and the imminent threat of a Kurdish genocide”.
• HDP MP: Turkey’s problems are related to Öcalan’s isolation 

  "We must fight together against the AKP-MHP government that jeopardizes our lives, our future and the country," said HDP deputy Muazzez Orhan Işık.
• Children of Fire burn several factories and vehicles 

  The Children of Fire Initiative reported that they set fire to several factories and vehicles in five cities in Turkey.
• Şenyaşar family continues justice vigil in front of courthouse 

  The Şenyaşar family continues their justice vigil in front of the courthouse in Urfa province. The family urged public to join and promote their vigil.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers file new application to meet with their client  

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers filed a new application to meet with their client in Imrali.
• Activists from Düsseldorf take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of activists from Düsseldorf took over the ongoing Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg. The vigil has reached week 465.
• AKP-MHP regime wants to join project on "European defense" 

  The EU's collaboration with the Erdoğan regime is to be raised to a new level. According to reports, Turkey has applied to participate in a PESCO project on joint "European defense".
• No news from villagers of Eskar on fifth day of military operation 

  The operation launched in the countryside of the village of Eskar in Kulp, province of Amed continues. The village was closed to anyone coming in or going out. No news has been received for 4 days as telephone networks have also been cut off.
• Martyrs of May commemorated in Yerevan 

  The Kurdish community in the Armenian capital Yerevan commemorated the Kurdish liberation movement’s Martyrs of May.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan Committee’ convenes in Rome 

  During the meeting in Rome, the ‘Freedom for Öcalan Committee’ kicked off works for the new term.
• Sancar: Poverty is the common problem of the peoples 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar visited seasonal workers in onion fields in Ankara and listened to the problems described in Turkish, Arabic and Kurdish of the people from Urfa, Mardin and Hesekê living in tents.
• US bounty on PKK leading figures is ‘absolutely wrong’, says Debbie Bookchin 

  Debbie Bookchin, journalist, writer and secretary of the Emergency Committee for Rojava in the US, said that the US bounty on PKK leading figures is ‘absolutely wrong'.
• Police take five people into custody over social media posts 

  Five people in Eskişehir were detained for posts they shared on social media.
• Activists in Hannover protest Turkish attacks against South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's invasion attacks against the Medya Defense Areas were protested in Hannover in a demonstration organised by the Kurdish Youth Assembly.
• Activists in Frankfurt protest Turkish state's invasion attacks on South Kurdistan and Rojava  

  The Turkish state's invasion attacks on South Kurdistan and Rojava were protested in Frankfurt.
• Attack leaves Kurdish teen seriously injured in Sakarya province 

  A Kurdish teen was attacked while speaking Kurdish in Sakarya province. The minor was seriously injured and is in critical condition.
• Kurdish Language Day celebrated in Paris 

  In 2006, 15 May was declared Kurdish Language Day and has been celebrated as such since.
• Turkey’s insistence on war consumes the budget 

  The gap between the income of the citizens and the government’s military spending is growing in Turkey. Despite the increasing poverty and unemployment, the Turkish government's insistence on war, which consumes the budget, continues.
• Trustee-run municipality puts Turkish flag on street signs in Amed 

  The municipality of Diyarbakır (Amed) run by a government-appointed trustee, has placed the symbol of the Turkish flag on the street and avenue signs across the city.
• HBDH stands in solidarity with Palestinian people 

  The United Revolutionary Movement of Peoples (HBDH) issued a written statement to condemn the attacks against the Palestinian people.
• HDP: Kurdish language should be protected and recognised by the Constitution 

  The HDP issued a written statement to mark Kurdish Language Day and said: “We demand that Kurdish be protected and recognized by the Constitution and that the obstacles to language be removed.”
• Lawyer Misot: Isolation of Öcalan violates both national and international laws 

  Evaluating the isolation imposed by the Turkish state on Abdullah Öcalan, Jazira Canton Lawyers Union Serêkaniyê co-chair Hesen Misot said that the Turkish state is violating international laws.
• First week of the month long sit-in against isolation and Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan ends 

  The first week of the sit-in protest organised in Strasbourg with the slogan "Avashin, Zap and Metina, Dem Dema Azadiye, everywhere against isolation, occupation and genocide" has ended.
• Kurds in London protest the Turkish attacks in South Kurdistan and North East Syria 

  Kurds in London held a protest in front of the Prime Ministry in Downing Street to condemn the Turkish state's invasion attacks on South Kurdistan and North East Syria.
• 27th group takes over the hunger strike on day 131 in Lavrio 

  The hunger strike in the Greek refugee camp of Lavrio in support of political prisoners in Turkey has been taken over by the 27th group.