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• Writers and intellectuals condemn attacks targeting the HDP 

  The Kurdish Literature Association and Mesopotamia Writers Association condemned the political genocide targeting the HDP.
• Turgut, thrown from a helicopter by Turkish soldiers, has died 

  Servet Turgut, one of the two villagers thrown from a helicopter by Turkish soldiers lost his life.
• 8 people receive 24 years prison sentence 12 years later 

  Eight people were sentenced to a total of 24 years and 4 months in prison on the grounds that they participated in a protest held in 2008 in Cizre.
• Protest in Canada against arms exports to Turkey 

  In the Canadian city of Burlington, activists have protested against the L3 Harris WESCAM company for selling technology for killer and surveillance drones to Turkey.
• Worldwide support for KCK campaign in Berlin 

  In Berlin, the campaign "Freedom for Öcalan! For an end of fascism and occupation" has been launched in Berlin. International personalities explained in video messages why the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is important.
• SOHR: Turkey sent 320 mercenaries to Azerbaijan 

  According to SOHR, 320 mercenaries of Syrian nationality have been transferred to Azerbaijan by Turkish security companies.
• 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.
• Catalan, German and Argentine groups in solidarity with the HDP 

  Representatives of the peoples from different countries have expressed their condemnation against the genocide operations targeting the HDP.
• Nagorno-Karabakh: Clashes go on, UN Security Council meets today 

  The UN Security Council will hold emergency talks behind closed doors today on the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Nagorno Karabakh.
• Die Linke expresses solidarity with the HDP 

  A group of Die Linke parliamentarians, including co-chair Bernd Riexinger, raised the HDP flag in the Bundestag and stated their solidarity with the detained politicians.
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil enters 432nd week 

  The vigil held in front of the Council of Europe demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been taken over by a group from Darmstadt.
• Police in Mersin take two HDP executives into custody 

  Turkish police has taken into custody HDP Mersin Provincial co-chair Gülbahar Şöfer and HDP Party Assembly member Barış Karabıyık.
• Mexican President apologises for the 43 Ayotzinapa students 

  Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said that in the coming days the authorities will issue arrest warrants against military personnel involved in the disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students.
• GUE/NGL: Turkey must end repression against democratic opposition 

  The GUE/NGL (Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left) group in the European Parliament issued a statement condemning last Friday Turkish police operation targeting the HDP.
• Detained HDP politicians refuse to eat 

  The HDP members detained in the latest wave of political genocide in Turkey, are refusing to eat.
• Swedish Left Party expresses solidarity with HDP,calls for action 

  Worldwide solidarity with the HDP continues growing in the face of the ever-increasing repression of the party.
• SPD calls for the release of HDP politicians 

  SPD calls for the immediate release of the arrested HDP politicians. Twenty party officials were arrested last Friday in yet another political genocide operation by the Turkish government, and another sixty are wanted.
• Refugee dies of coronavirus in Greek camp 

  A refugee staying in the Malakassa camp near Athens has died of coronavirus, according to reports from Greek authorities.
• Detention period for HDP politicians extended 

  The detention period of arrested HDP politicians has been extended.
• Armenia: Turkey sent 4,000 mercenaries from Syria to Azerbaijan 

  According to the Armenian ambassador in Moscow, Turkey has so far sent 4,000 mercenaries from Syria to Azerbaijan.
• Australian academic O’Brien condemns arrest of HDP politicians 

  Reactions to the arrests of scores of HDP politicians continue to come through from different parts of the world.
• Prosecutor to extend detention period for HDP politicians  

  The lawyers noted that there was a "confidentiality" order regarding the investigation.
• Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: What's happening 

  Clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out on the weekend over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
• Brazilian PSOL sends solidarity message to the HDP 

  The Brazilian PSOL (Party for Socialism and Freedom) sent a solidarity message to the HDP.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign condemns the attack on the HDP 

  Reactions to the new political operation targeting the HDP in Turkey continue to come through from all over Europe.