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• University students protest in Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir 

  Once again, students have taken to the streets in several cities in Turkey to protest the government's appointment of rectors and encroachment on academic autonomy.
• Austria deports Turkish agent hired for assassination 

  Reports say that the agent spoke to the Austrian intelligence services and admitted that he had been assigned to kill three people who criticized the policies of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• Life sentence for 7 people who participated in protests for Kobanê 

  7 people were sentenced to life imprisonment on the grounds that they had participated in the protests in Antep during the October 6-8 uprising against the invasion attacks of ISIS gangs against Kobanê in 2014.
• Sit-in in Berlin for solidarity with hunger strike in prisons on day 2 

  The five-day sit-in demonstration initiated by the KCDK-E in Berlin in solidarity with the hunger strike resistance in Turkey's prisons continues on its second day.
• HDP Bingöl organization: Isolation is a crime against humanity 

  HDP Bingöl provincial organization protested the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. HDP opened a banner "Isolation is a crime against humanity, end the isolation".
• Police take two people into custody in Amed 

  Two people have been taken into custody in Amed.
• Claims intensify of Turkey secretly negotiating with marshal Haftar 

  A senior official in Erdogan's security services traveled to Toubrouk in Libya to meet Akila Salah, the head of the parliament who remains the political front of marshal Haftar.
• Police release Osman Şiban 

  Osman Şiban, the villager who was thrown from a military helicopter last September, was released after been detained early this morning.
• Activists urge police to act on Tosun Grey Wolves salute 

  Police urged to act after Cenk Tosun reported for hate crime over Grey Wolves salute.
• Resistance of dismissed Cargill workers leaves 1000 days behind 

  The resistance of the Cargill workers, who were dismissed due to their union activities but justified by the court, has left 1000 days behind.
• Police detain Osman Şiban, the villager thrown from an army helicopter 

  Osman Şiban, a villager who was thrown from a helicopter by Turkish soldiers in Çatak, province of Van, was detained following a raid on his house in Mersin.
• Sit-in launched in Berlin in solidarity with hunger strike in prisons 

  A five-day sit-in has been initiated in German capital Berlin to protest the Imrali isolation and to support the prison resistance.
• HBDH calls for 'active support' for the resistance in Ain Issa and Til Temir 

  The Peoples' United Revolutionary Movement’s (HBDH) Executive Committee called for active support for the resistance against the attacks of the invading Turkish state against Ain Issa and Til Temir.
• Miner dies while working in Zonguldak 

  A worker named Ramazan Toprak lost his life as a result of an accident at work in a mine owned by TTK in Zonguldak.
• Yaşar: Hunger strikers risk death to see life prevail 

  Sevican Yaşar took part in the hunger strike launched in 2019 for the lifting of the isolation of the Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan. Hunger strike means "accepting death for life," she says.
• 74-year-old woman and four others detained in Mardin 

  A 74-year-old woman has been taken into custody this morning in Mardin.
• 'International Öcalan Freedom Campaign' kicks off in South Africa 

  South Africa’s largest trade union confederation launched a joint campaign in support of jailed Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• France warns of resurgence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq 

  The planned US troop withdrawal from Iraq could have nasty consequences, according to France. "The ISIS is still present. We can even speak of a resurgence in Syria and Iraq," warns Defense Minister Florence Parly.
• JXK/YXK calls for solidarity with Boğaziçi students 

  The Kurdish student associations JXK and YXK call for solidarity with the resistance at Boğaziçi University and to smash fascism together.
• Protests grow against demolition of Tamil liberation struggle memorial 

  Jaffna university rector ordered destruction of Mullivaikkal memorial commemorating the lives lost during the Tamil liberation struggle.
• Kurdish campaigners urge Everton FC to act after Tosun fascist salute 

  Football governing bodies and Everton FC must take a clear stand against racism and say that Kurdish Lives Matter after Tosun fascist salute, campaigners say.
• Thousands remember Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi in Paris 

  Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in Paris in 2013 have been commemorated on the eighth anniversary of their death.
• Sakine, Fidan, Leyla remembered in France 

  Kurds and their friends have taken to the streets in several cities across France today to remember Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were killed in Paris 8 years ago.
• Grandson of Seyit Riza dies in Mainz 

  Rustem Polat, grandson of Seyit Riza, the leading figure of the Dersim resistance in 1937, has died in Mainz at the age of 72 as a result of a heart attack.
• University students vow to continue their struggle 

  All students detained in the Boğaziçi protests were released on the condition of judicial control. The students, who were greeted with applause and slogans in front of Çağlayan Courthouse said that the struggle continues.