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• Human and Freedom Party visits HDP 

  PIA executives visited HDP Headquarters and met with Co-Chair Mithat Sancar.
• Turkish Defense Minister and Chief of General Staff visit Hewler 

  Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar and Chief of General Staff Yaşar Güler have traveled to Hewlêr for talks with officials.
• Lawyer Şahin: 'Öcalan predicted that isolation would spread' 

  Lawyer Muharrem Şahin was able to meet Öcalan before 2011. He reminded that the Kurdish people's leader said that the isolation will not be limited to Imralı.
• HDP pays tribute to journalist Hrant Dink on 14th anniversary of his murder 

  Today marks the 14th anniversary of the murder of journalist Hrant Dink. The HDP said: "We know well who Dink's killer are."
• Governor of Van extends ban on actions and activities for another two weeks 

  The ban on actions and activities imposed by Van Governorship for 1,519 days, has been extended for another 15 days.
• Guerrillas Mervan Abi and Kurban Pehlivan finally laid to rest 

  The bodies of Mervan Abi (Kendal Umut) who fell a martyr following clashes in Hakkari 7 months ago and Kurban Pehlivan who fell martyr in the countryside of Bitlis' Sehi Forests, were buried in their hometown.
• Second group takes over the solidarity vigil in Berlin 

  The vigil in solidarity with political prisoners in Turkey at Alexanderplatz in Berlin continues. The second group of the action includes exiled politicians and artists.
• Boğaziçi University academics continue to protest the trustee 

  Boğaziçi University academics continued their protests against the appointment of AKP's Melih Bulu as trustee rector.
• Petition for jailed mayor of Amed Mızraklı 

  A petition has been launched demanding freedom for Amed Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Selçuk Mızraklı, who was dismissed by the AKP-MHP government and detained.
• Students in Mainz express solidarity with Boğaziçi University struggle 

  JXK and YXK activists and anti-fascist internationals held a solidarity action with Boğaziçi University students in Mainz.
• Request of arrest for 20 people out of 47 detained in ESP operations 

  20 people were sent to the court with a request for arrest out of the 47 people detained in the political genocide operations against the ESP. 5 people were remanded in custody, 27 people were released under judicial control.
• 24 people sentenced to prison for demonstration against violence 

  In Bitlis, 24 people have been sentenced to more than one year in prison for participating in a demonstration against violence against women four years ago.
• Two-week vigil for Shengal launched in Hanover 

  A two-week vigil demanding autonomy for Shengal began in Hanover on Saturday. The protest is supported by Yazidi organizations in the German territory.
• Germany-wide solidarity actions with the prison resistance in Turkey 

  Solidarity actions with the hunger strike of political prisoners in Turkey have taken place again in several German cities on Saturday.
• Turkey takes exception to mural with Öcalan quote in Oslo 

  The Turkish Foreign Ministry is annoyed by a mural in Oslo with a quote by Abdullah Öcalan on the liberation of women. The Norwegian capital, however, does not want to remove it, saying that Oslo stands for freedom of expression and democracy.
• ESP protests the arrest of its members and executives 

  ESP deputy chair, Beycan Taşkıran, called for a joint struggle against of the opposition after the latest arrests.
• Dutch government resigns over child benefits scandal 

  Mark Rutte and his ministers will stay on in a caretaker capacity until a new coalition is formed.
• Journalists at Morning Star union make Leyla Güven honorary member 

  Members of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) Morning Star Chapel made Leyla Güven a “symbolic member” following a meeting held on Zoom on Thursday night.
• Solidarity action for political prisoners on hunger strike continues in Berlin 

  For the fourth day in a row, activists in Berlin have drawn attention to the hunger strike of political prisoners in Turkey. The prisoners demand an end to the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and inhumane prison conditions.
• Germany: We brought ISIS members with the help of the Kurdish administration 

  The German government is considering further repatriations of children of German ISIS members from North-East Syria. Minister Michael Roth said: "We brought ISIS members with the help of the Kurdish administration."
• LNA: Turkey will not withdraw from Libya through negotiations or mediation 

  In Libya, the official spokesperson of the Libyan National Army led by Khalifa Haftar criticised the Turkish state for not withdrawing from Libya, either through negotiation or mediation.
• Kurdish youth in Drancy protest isolation 

  Kurdish youth in Drancy protested against isolation and the Turkish occupation attacks.
• Court sentences lawyer Mehmet Emin Aktar to 6 years in prison 

  Mehmet Emin Aktar, the former President of the Diyarbakır Bar Association, was sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison for allegedly "being a member of a terrorist organization".
• Police seize music albums, computers, cameras and money in today's searches 

  Turkish police seized albums, computers and money in the operations they carried out against ESP, SKM, SGDF, Kaldıraç and ETHA.
• Basque organization in solidarity with university students in Turkey 

  “From the Basque internationalists we commit ourselves to echo the struggle and to bring it to the young fighters of Euskal Herria so that we build internationalist bridges among the people,” says Basque internationalist organization Askapena.