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• Kurdish youth movement continues protests for Öcalan 

  In Germany, France and Switzerland, the youth movement has taken to the streets for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan. The actions took place in the context of the campaign "Stop fascism, isolation and occupation; Together for uprising".
• Diplomacy by Yazidi institutions in Germany for Shengal 

  Representatives of Yazidi institutions in Germany hold a series of meetings in the capital Berlin for the cancellation of the agreement between Baghdad and the Hewler governments regarding Shengal.
• 42 prisoners in Amed transferred to high security prisons 

  71 political prisoners in Diyarbakır D-Type Closed Prison have begun to be deported to No.1 and No.2 High Security Prison in the same city.
• Number of detentions in Maraş rise to 12 

  The number of those detained during house raids in Maraş province has risen to 12.
• Application to visit Öcalan rejected 

  The application filed yesterday by the lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan to meet with their client was rejected.
• HDP: Alevis threatened, AKP-MHP government protects perpetrators 

  The HDP drew attention to the fact that Alevis were threatened with death and emphasized that the AKP-MHP government is actually protecting the perpetrators and using hate language.
• New political operation in Maraş, 7 people taken into custody 

  Seven people, including HDP provincial executives, were detained in Maraş.
• 20 files regarding immunity of 10 HDP deputies reach parliament 

  20 files regarding the immunity of 10 HDP deputies have been brought to the Parliament. New reports were also prepared about DBP co-chairperson Saliha Aydeniz.
• Trial on the murder of Tahir Elçi opens in Amed 

  The first hearing of the trial on the murder of Tahir Elçi, President of Amed Bar Association, has opened in Diyarbakır.
• The State wants to muzzle Konur Street in Ankara 

  Known for its dissident identity, Konur street (Konur Sokak) in Ankara has become the target of state forces. Saying that the structure of the street was changed after 2015, Konur tradesmen added that the main purpose of the state was to contro the street
• 19 lawyers face charges for protesting the Ankara massacre 

  19 lawyers standing trial for protesting the massacre in Ankara in 2015 in which 103 people were killed, face charges.
• Police attack man with dogs during house raid in Amed 

  Police attacked Faris Türk with dogs during a raid in his house.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan have applied for a visit with their client.
• Deportation of prisoners continues in Amed 

  70 political prisoners in Diyarbakır D-Type Closed Prison have begun to be deported to No.1 and No.2 High Security Prison in the same city.
• Families of Er and Dağ ask president Barzani to halt execution 

  Families of Abdurrahman Er (Muhammed Beşiksiz) and Mazlum Dağ wrote an open letter to the Kurdistan Regional President Mr. Nechirvan Barzani asking him to halt the execution of the two Kurds.
• MEPs ask to investigate Turkey's crimes against humanity in Syria 

  68 MEPs demanded the end of Turkish support to jihadist groups as well as the end of the illegal occupation of North and East Syrian territories. The MEPs also asked President Sassoli to send a special delegation to North and East Syria.
• Ireland declares new 6-week lockdown against Covid-19 

  The Dublin government has responded to inexorably rising levels of coronavirus in Ireland with a stringent, six-week ‘level 5’ lockdown.
• Police operations against Islamists in France 

  The Interior Minister said, "51 associations will be visited by the state during the whole week, and most of them will be dissolved in the Council of Ministers on my suggestion."
• Call to stop execution ordered by South Kurdistan government 

  The families of Mazlum Dağ and Muhammet Beşiksiz, who have been sentenced to death in South Kurdistan, called on the international community to take action.
• Court imposes travel ban on Ahmet Türk 

  A court in Ankara has imposed a travelban on 78-year-old Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk who is under investigation in connection with the Kobanê protests of 2014 autumn.
• Two SDGF members jailed in Ankara 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide on the opposition continues.
• TJK-E takes over the sit-in before the Council of Europe 

  Since one week a sit-in for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan is taking place in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. The action is carried out by alternating groups from Kurdish civil society and the Turkish left.
• Armenian Prime Minister: Erdoğan wants a new genocide 

  Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview that "Erdoğan is arming Azerbaijan because he wants another genocide."
• Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor calls Ahmet Türk to give statement 

  Mardin Metropolitan Municipality co-mayor Ahmet Türk, who was dismissed and replaced by a trustee, was called to give a statement within the scope of the "Kobanê Investigation".
• RiseUp4 the Revolution calls for Action Week for Kobanê 

  RiseUp4Rojava called on all activists around the world to organise a week of actions for Kobanê.