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• Nearly 23 million animals tortured in Turkey in 2020 

  The Animal Rights Monitoring Committee (HAKİM) has released its annual report on the violations of animal rights in Turkey: At least 1 billion 211 million 375 thousand 950 animals’ right to life was entrenched upon last year.
• ADGB campaign against fascism launched in Europe 

  Across Europe, many people took to the streets on Saturday at the start of the campaign "All Together Against Fascism" initiated by the "Alliance of Democratic Forces in Europe".
• Activists in Toronto protest Turkish regime 

  A march was held in Toronto as part of the "We will defeat fascism together" campaign launched by the European Democratic Forces Union (ADGB).
• Boğaziçi University Solidarity Initiative organises exhibition in Berlin 

  The action carried out by the Boğaziçi University Solidarity Initiative in Berlin to protest the appointment of the trustee rector, salutes the 100th day of resistance in Istanbul.
• Activists in Lucerne demand freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  An action was carried out in Lucerne demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Senators and deputies from Uruguay in solidarity with HDP 

  “The HDP is an expression of the struggles to democratize the Turkish State and contemplate the diversity of peoples that live there,” said senators and deputies from Uruguay.
• Medical chambers in solidarity with Emine Şenyaşar 

  Members of the Urfa and Amed medical chambers attended Emine Şenyaşar's vigil. For 33 days, the 70-year-old woman has been staging a sit-in outside the courthouse demanding justice for her relatives who were murdered by an AKP mob.
• Outrage over prison sentence given to Syriac priest in Turkey 

  The Syriac community is outraged by the sentence of more than two years in prison for Syriac Orthodox priest Sefer "Aho" Bileçen. The decision is a blow to the protection of minorities and vulnerable groups, warns the ESU.
• Kurdish women in Russia protest against Öcalan’s isolation 

  Protesting against the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, Kurdish women called on the international community to break their silence.
• Kurdish activist released from deportation custody in Germany 

  Kurdish activist Kavan Heidari has been released from deportation custody in Hamburg. He can now carry out his asylum procedure in Germany.
• Three people jailed on terror charges in Adana 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide continues unabated.
• La France Insoumise: France should end complacency towards Turkey 

  La France Insoumise calls on French authorities to lift the defense secrecy on the Paris killings.
• Istanbul May Day Platform calls on people to unite and take to the streets on 1 May 

  A broad alliance of trade unions, parties and initiatives called for street actions in Istanbul on May Day.
• Three people sent to prison in Van 

  Three out of five people who were taken into custody in the police political operations carried out in Van were sent to prison.
• Activists in Zurich and Heilbronn send letters to the UN demanding freedom for Öcalan  

  Activists in Zurich and Heilbronn sent letters to the United Nations demanding the end of the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and urging the UN to play its role in achieving his freedom.
• KCDK-E calls on activists to join today's European Democratic Forces Union actions across Europe 

  The KCDK-E co-presidency Council called on activists to join the European Democratic Forces Union in the actions to be held in many European cities today within the scope of the campaign launched with the slogan "We will defeat fascism together".
• Hevrin Xelef's mother: Justice must be served 

  Sûad Xelef Mihemed, mother of Martyr Hevrîn Xelef, supports the Şenyaşar family's justice vigil. She urged the international community and human rights organizations to promote justice.
• Hunger strike in Lavrio Camp on day 96 

  The activists emphasized that their resistance would continue everywhere until Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is free.
• Turkey imported arms worth 9 million euros from Germany 

  Germany approved arms sales worth 8 million 975 thousand euros to Turkey in the first three months of the year. The Berlin administration designated the information requested for Turkish drones as "state secret".
• Hearing of Selahattin Demirtaş postponed to May 

  “When the rule of law is restored, you will be held accountable before the law,” said former co-chair of the HDP, Selahattin Demirtaş to the court board during a hearing on Friday.
• Abdullah Öcalan posters hung in German city of Kassel 

  Large-size posters of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were hung at the entrance and exit of the German city of Kassel.
• Ankara's mercenaries protest payment delay 

  Some mercenaries deployed by the Turkish state to Nagorno-Karabakh have protested the paycheck delay.
• Italian Prime Minister calls Erdoğan a dictator 

  Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi has sharply criticized the way EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was treated during her visit to Ankara. He called Turkish leader Erdoğan a "dictator”.
• New night of riots in Belfast 

  Residents had gathered on the Springfield Road last night to keep watch following an outbreak of heavy loyalist rioting which threatened to break through into nationalist estates on Wednesday.
• Activists in Bonn demand freedom for Öcalan 

  An action was held in Bonn demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan.