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• HDP: Gergerlioğlu’s resistance is a fight for human dignity 

  HDP politician Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has apparently been abducted from the hospital in Ankara.
• Ögmundur Jónasson writes to Secretary General of COE about situation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Member of the international delegation to Imrali, Ögmundur Jónasson, wrote to Secretary General of the Council of Europe to raise the issue of the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan.
• TEV-DEM celebrates Abdullah Öcalan's birthday 

  Celebrating the birthday of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, TEV-DEM called on all social, political and legal organizations as well as civil society organizations to work for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom.
• Let’s Talk About Öcalan podcast talks about his contributions 

  For the late sociologist David Graeber “Öcalan has made genuine contributions to social theory and history, to human knowledge with limited material allowed."
• Police detain 8 people in Adana 

  Eight people were detained in political genocide operations carried out in Adana.
• Emine Şenyaşar: We can no longer live in these lands 

  Emine Şenyaşar protested the prison sentence of 37 years and 9 months handed out to her son Fadıl Şenyaşar. “We can no longer live in this land anymore. What kind of state is this" she asked.
• Turkish police tighten security measures as Öcalan’s birthday approaches 

  The AKP-MHP government blockaded Amara two days before the birthday of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu detained at his house 

  HDP Kocaeli MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been arrested in his apartment. The police didn't even give him time to put his shoes on.
• HDP says judiciary should not be a partner in crimes of government 

  HDP Co-Vice Chair in charge of Law and Human Rights Commission Ümit Dede and HDP members made a statement in front of the Ankara Courthouse, where the interlocutory hearing of the 'Kobanê Hearing' has been held.
• Swiss MPs urge the government to put pressure on Turkey 

  33 MPs of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland have called for pressure on Turkey in a letter which highlights human rights violations committed by the Turkish state in its own country and in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Armenia.
• Police attack university students, detain many in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, a student protest was once again broken up by the police, and several participants were arrested. The rally was about tomorrow's start of the trial of two people who are in custody because of the Boğaziçi protests.
• Ebru Günay: "This is no longer just about the HDP" 

  "These proceedings go far beyond the HDP, they concern the future of Turkey,” said HDP spokeswoman Ebru Günay regarding the ban proceedings against her party and MHP leader Bahçeli's call for the Constitutional Court to be closed.
• Lawyers apply once again to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Gendarmerie detains a villager’s sheep in Ceylanpınar 

  TIGEM officers often seize the animals of the villagers on the pretext that they graze them on the TIGEM land. The animals are taken away and are not given food or water. Villagers who seek to get their animals back are asked for money.
• Kurdish Friendship Group issues a call for Shengal 

  The Kurdish Friendship Group in the European Parliament demanded the acknowledgment of the existing Yazidi governance structures by the Iraqi government, stating that they are ready to play their part in helping to find a peaceful resolution to tensions.
• Kurdish activists in Geneva call on the UN to act for Shengal 

  Kurdish activists continued a sit-in protest in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland. Today, they called upon the UN to ensure that the future of Shengal is left to the hands of its own people.
• HDP MP Koç: The government is violating the constitution 

  HDP Ağrı MP Abdullah Koç said that the constitution was violated with the isolation of Öcalan and urged the AKP / MHP government to abide by the constitution and laws.
• Demo for Shengal in front of Iraqi consulate in Berlin 

  Yazidi organizations have protested in front of the Iraqi consulate in Berlin demanding recognition of an autonomous status for Shengal and warning of an escalation in the region.
• Protest against the isolation of Öcalan in Amed 

  Political parties and civil society organizations in Amed protested the Imrali isolation and saluted the prison resistance in Turkey’s prisons.
• HDP MP Gergerlioğlu: The resistance continues 

  "I am not a Kurd. I lost my mandate because I worked for a solution to the Kurdish question," said ousted HDP deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu in Ankara. Tomorrow he is to begin serving a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.
• Constitutional Court returns HDP indictment by unanimous vote 

  Turkish Constitutional Court decided to return the indictment in its first examination of the closure case against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) at its agenda meeting.
• $6.4 billion humanitarian aid pledged for Syrian refugees 

  The Syria Conference in Brussels decided to grant $6.4 billion humanitarian aid to Syrian refugees, which remains far below the expectation of the UN.
• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Sinn Féin condemns oppression of Kurdish political representatives in Turkey 

  Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, John Brady TD, condemned the ongoing efforts of the Erdogan regime in Turkey to ban the HDP.
• French lawyers notify ICC against Macron for not repatriating ISIS families held in Rojava 

  French lawyers and academics filed a dossier on Tuesday with the International Criminal Court to attack President Macron's policy on French nationals held in Syria.