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• 74-year-old woman and four others detained in Mardin 

  A 74-year-old woman has been taken into custody this morning in Mardin.
• 'International Öcalan Freedom Campaign' kicks off in South Africa 

  South Africa’s largest trade union confederation launched a joint campaign in support of jailed Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Ocalan.
• France warns of resurgence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq 

  The planned US troop withdrawal from Iraq could have nasty consequences, according to France. "The ISIS is still present. We can even speak of a resurgence in Syria and Iraq," warns Defense Minister Florence Parly.
• JXK/YXK calls for solidarity with Boğaziçi students 

  The Kurdish student associations JXK and YXK call for solidarity with the resistance at Boğaziçi University and to smash fascism together.
• Protests grow against demolition of Tamil liberation struggle memorial 

  Jaffna university rector ordered destruction of Mullivaikkal memorial commemorating the lives lost during the Tamil liberation struggle.
• Kurdish campaigners urge Everton FC to act after Tosun fascist salute 

  Football governing bodies and Everton FC must take a clear stand against racism and say that Kurdish Lives Matter after Tosun fascist salute, campaigners say.
• Thousands remember Sara, Rojbin and Ronahi in Paris 

  Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in Paris in 2013 have been commemorated on the eighth anniversary of their death.
• Sakine, Fidan, Leyla remembered in France 

  Kurds and their friends have taken to the streets in several cities across France today to remember Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were killed in Paris 8 years ago.
• Grandson of Seyit Riza dies in Mainz 

  Rustem Polat, grandson of Seyit Riza, the leading figure of the Dersim resistance in 1937, has died in Mainz at the age of 72 as a result of a heart attack.
• University students vow to continue their struggle 

  All students detained in the Boğaziçi protests were released on the condition of judicial control. The students, who were greeted with applause and slogans in front of Çağlayan Courthouse said that the struggle continues.
• Activists in Germany pay tribute to Cansiz, Doğan and Şaylemez 

  Salzgitter and Lebenstedt Berçem Cîlo Women's Assembly commemorated Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez who were murdered in Paris eight years ago.
• AKP-MHP fascists admit intervention in Germany 

  The German government reported that Turkish fascists affiliated with the AKP-MHP government were trying to influence public opinion and politics.
• Dinç says that isolation targets Öcalan's ideas  

  Mazlum Dinç, Abdullah Öcalan’s legal guardian, said that the Imrali isolation is unique in the world, and added: "The aim of isolation is to eliminate Öcalan's ideas."
• International organizations protest the KDP 

  International organizations reacted to the KDP's targeting of the Kurdish Freedom Movement and its cooperation with the Turkish state.
• Jinên Tirejen Roje Initiative claims actions in various cities  

  Jinên Tirejen Roje Initiative carried out actions in various cities in Turkey staged to commemorate the martyrs of Paris and Silopi.
• Police in Van prevent press statement, the people resist  

  Turkish police blockaded the park in Van where the DBP was to make a press statement. People's resistance continues.
• Calendar of action to commemorate Sakine, Fidan and Leyla in Germany 

  Activists in Germany will take to the streets on Saturday to commemorate Sakine, Fidan and Leyla. KON-MED announced the calendar of action.
• German Court rules that YPG and YBŞ flags not banned 

  The administrative court in Kassel, Germany, ruled that the YBŞ and YPG flags, which the police prevented to use during a march, were not banned.
• Indictment against 108 politicians accepted 

  The "Kobane investigation" indictment against 108 politicians has been accepted.
• Women's organisation say Erdoğan must be brought to justice for Paris killings 

  Women’s movements and organisations called on everyone to join the demonstration in Paris on Saturday to commemorate Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez.
• Öcalan's team of lawyers applies to visit their client 

  Abdullah Öcalan's team of lawyers has again applied to visit their client, who is imprisoned on the maximum security prison island of Imrali since 1999.
• FEDA: Dictators must be brought to justice 

  FEDA Women's Council issued a statement to mark the anniversary of the murdered Kurdish women revolutionaries in Silopi and Paris, and said that dictators and accomplices should be brought to justice in international criminal courts.
• Sakine, Fidan, Leyla commemorated in Paris 

  Kurdish revolutionaries Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez commemorated in Paris where they were killed 8 years ago.
• Kurds protest in front of the French Consulate in Düsseldorf 

  On the eighth anniversary of the murder of three Kurdish women revolutionaries in Paris, a protest took place in front of the French Consulate in Düsseldorf, Germany.
• Strip search and visit ban imposed on detained Boğaziçi students 

  HDP Deputy Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu said that the detained students from Boğaziçi University were strip searched. Human Rights Association (IHD) co-chair Eren Keskin revealed that she was deterred from meeting with the protesting students.