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• Demo for Öcalan and Shengal in Sydney 

  Kurds and their friends continue to protest against the agreement signed between the Iraqi government and the KDP on the future of Shengal where autonomous structures are meant to be dissolved.
• Youth in Stuttgart demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Hundreds of people took to the streets in Stuttgart on Saturday demanding freedom of Abdullah Öcalan under the slogan “Together for an uprising”.
• Demonstrations throughout Europe for Shengal 

  Kurds living in different parts of Europe took to the streets on Saturday to protest against the agreement signed between the Iraqi government and the KDP.
• Over 500 people from Rojava in Turkish prisons 

  Over 500 people from Northern Syria are in Turkish prisons. Most of them have been kidnapped in Afrin and other occupied territories for the purpose of extorting ransom money. If they cannot pay, they are handed over to the Turkish judiciary.
• Bars and cafes workers ask the government for incentives 

  Cafe and bar workers, who have been left unemployed due to the restrictions connected to the pandemic, organised a silent action in Kadıköy, Istanbul.
• Families see their application to visit Imrali rejected 

  The application filed by families to visit Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imrali has been rejected on the grounds of disciplinary punishment.
• HDP former Ağrı MP Halil Aksoy released from prison 

  HDP former Ağrı MP Halil Aksoy has been released from Kandira prison after more than four years. The sentence was surprisingly lifted after he was sentenced to almost nine years in prison.
• KCDK-E: To Stuttgart for Öcalan tomorrow! 

  KCDK-E called on the youth to mobilize for the march to be organized in Stuttgart tomorrow for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hungarian court sentences ISIS member to life imprisonment 

  Budapest District Court sentenced an ISIS member named F. Hassan, 28, to life imprisonment for the crimes he committed in Syria.
• Öcalan posters put up in Hamburg 

  Posters were hung in Hamburg to call attention to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Families apply to be granted visit to Imrali 

  Families of Abdullah Öcalan and three other political prisoners in Imralı island prison applied once again to be granted a visit.
• “Freedom for Öcalan” demos in Lucerne and Dortmund 

  In Lucerne and Dortmund there have been protests for the freedom of the Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan and the defense of the autonomy of the Shengal region.
• Ban on actions and activities in Van reaches day 1474 

  The Governorship of Van extended the "ban on actions and activities" in the city for 15 more days.
• KON-MED calls on people to join march for Öcalan in Stuttgart 

  KON-MED called on people to join the march to be held in Stuttgart to demand freefom for Kurdish people's leader Öcalan.
• Window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing, UN agencies warn 

  The window to prevent famine in Yemen is narrowing as new figures reveal record highs of acute food insecurity in the country, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF warned.
• Farewell to two TKP/ML and TİKKO fighters martyred in Dersim 

  Funeral ceremony was held for socialist fighters Volkan İldem (Nubar) and Ali Kemal Yılmaz who fell as martyrs in Dersim.
• 50 new summaries of proceedings against HDP MPs 

  50 of the 62 new summaries of proceedings submitted to the Turkish Parliament were prepared against HDP deputies.
• Earthquake in Kurtalan: Hospital evacuated, HDP visits victims 

  Many buildings have been damaged because of the earthquake in Kurtalan. The district hospital was evacuated and an HDP delegation rushed to the earthquake zone.
• Armenians in Germany receive death threats from Grey Wolves 

  The Turkish state's paramilitary racist mobs, the Grey Wolves, make death threats against Armenians living in Germany as the Federal Assembly debated to ban them in Germany last month.
• Lawyers submit request to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's team of lawyers has again applied for a visit permit for their client, who is imprisoned on the prison island of Imrali.
• Taken into custody in Mersin, held in Maraş 

  Two people, who were talen into custody in Mersin as a result of a new political genocide operation, have been in custody in Maraş for 3 days.
• Activists in Europe demand freedom for Öcalan 

  The protest organized by the Kurdish youth movements demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and the defense of the region of Shengal continue across Europe.
• Activists in Bilbao demand respect for Shengal  

  Worldwide repudiation of the agreement between Baghdad and the KDP about Shengal continues to be expressed through actions and demonstrations.
• An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude hits the province of Siirt 

  An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude was registered in Kurtalan, province of Siirt.
• Seven people jailed in Van 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people continues uninterrupted.