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• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign celebrates International Workers' Day 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issued a statement to celebrate May Day as International Workers’ Day.
• Children of Fire set fire to several workplaces and vehicles 

  Children of Fire Initiative declared that they burned several workplaces, three of which were factories, three vehicles, an overpass and a holiday resort.
• Letter campaign to the UN continues in Biel 

  Letter campaign to the UN demanding freedom for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in Biel.
• Protest action by Kurdish and anti-fascist youth in Vienna 

  Kurdish Youth Movement and antifascists carried out a protest action against Turkish state’s invasion attacks on guerrilla areas in southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Sentences announced in Stuttgart PKK trial 

  In the PKK trial in Stuttgart, which has been going on for two years, the five defendants have been sentenced. The arrest warrant against Özkan T. was lifted; he was received by acquaintances in front of the court.
• Lawyers apply to Constitutional Court against relocation of guerrilla bodies 

  In 2017, the Turkish government ordered the destruction of the Garzan guerrilla cemetery and carried away the bodies of hundreds of fighters. These were buried under a sidewalk in Istanbul. Now the relatives are taking the case to the Constitutional Court
• Şenyaşar family’s justice vigil marks its 53rd day 

  The Şenyaşar family is continuing their justice vigil at home. "Physical restrictions cannot prevent our struggle for justice," said the family.
• MEP İncir criticizes the international silence against Erdogan 

  European Parliament (EP) Member Evin İncir, who monitored the Kobanê trial in Ankara with her Italian counterpart, Brando Benifei, criticized the international community's silence against Turkish president Erdogan's violations.
• 14-year-old detained in Şemdinli for insulting the president 

  A 14-year-old Kurdish teenager has been detained in Şemdinli for allegedly insulting the president. The boy is being subjected to bone age determination on the orders of a judge.
• MÖP: People should raise the struggle for freedom and democracy on May Day 

  MÖP celebrated Workers’ Day with a statement saying: "All peoples should raise the struggle for freedom, democracy and equality together on May 1."
• UK Labour Party MP Feryal Clark: Turkey has become a one-man, one-party rule state 

  UK Labour Party MP Feryal Clark said that Turkey has become "a one-man, one-party rule state."
• Twelve politicians sent to prison in Amed 

  Twelve politicians taken into custody three days ago in Amed were sent to prison for social media posts and secret witness statements.
• Activists in Germany and Greece protest the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's invasion attacks and the US decision to put a bounty on 3 Kurdish politicians were protested in Frankfurt, Bielefeld, Freiburg, Göttingen and Athens.
• South Americans express solidarity with the HDP and Kobani Resistance 

  Activists and organisations in South America conveyed messages of solidarity to HDP and Kobani resistance in response to the Kobani trial in which 108 leading politicians of the HDP stand trial.
• "Kobanê trial" in Ankara to continue on May 18 

  The next main hearing in the so-called Kobanê trial in Ankara will not take place until May 18 because of the lockdown as part of pandemic restrictions.
• Isolation of Öcalan on Austrian parliament agenda 

  In response to a parliamentary question, the Austrian government pointed to the ECtHR rulings and the reports prepared of the CPT concerning Turkish prisons and the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Turkish Court of Cassation upholds jail sentence for Selahattin Demirtaş 

  The Court of Cassation has upheld a jail sentence of 4 years and 8 months given to Selahattin Demirtaş in 2018. The Kurdish politician’s lawyers deem it a ‘political conspiracy’ against him.
• Saudi Arabia closes Turkish schools 

  The Saudi Arabian administration has decided to end activities of Turkish schools in the country amid fractured relations.
• Action plan "Together against Turkish fascism" 

  On the occasion of Turkey's current invasion of South Kurdistan, a Germany-wide day of action will take place on Thursday.
• Lockdown in Turkey according to political AKP agenda 

  The Turkish government has imposed a three-week lockdown, but there is little economic compensation for the population. HDP deputy Saruhan Oluç says there should be no lockdown without economic security for the people.
• Armenian National Committee condemns the Turkish government's persecution of the HDP 

  The Armenian National Committee – International condemns the Turkish government’s persecution of the HDP.
• KON-MED: Workers' Day this year will be about solidarity among peoples 

  “We have to rethink and realize that another world is not only possible, but that it already exists and we have to fight to ensure that all people in this world can live with dignity,” said KOM-MED on the occasion of May Day.
• Western UN Security Council members reject Syria's presidential election in advance 

  Western UN Security Council members have rejected the outcome of Syria’s May 26 presidential election in advance.
• Indictment against HDP deputy Gergerlioğlu over Justice Vigil in Parliament 

  Another indictment has been filed against HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu, who has been in prison since the beginning of April. It is based on his Justice Vigil in the HDP parliamentary party hall after his mandate was revoked.
• Armenian HDP MP Paylan files charges against nationalist MP over death threat 

  Armenian HDP deputy Garo Paylan has filed a criminal complaint against Turkish politician Ümit Özdağ for incitement of the people, threats and insults, among other things. The background is a threatened "genocide experience".