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• Children of Fire Initiative claims actions in 4 cities 

  The Children of Fire Initiative claimed responsibility for the burning down of four factories, an international company representative office, a recycling warehouse and a café-bar in Kocaeli, Manisa, Sakarya and Istanbul.
• KCK: We share the pain of the people of Lebanon 

  KCK expressed their deepest sympathy to the people of Lebanon and pointed out the historical connection of the Kurdish liberation movement with the country: "The pain of the people of Lebanon is also our pain".
• Covid cases increase in Bakur as government takes no measures  

  Doctor Halis Yerlikaya said: “The situation is not heart-warming. The number of patients in Diyarbakır is very high, there is no place in intensive care units. We have around 300 patients a day."
• Protest against wave of arrests in Adana 

  Since yesterday, several activists of the HDP Youth Council have been in police custody in Adana. The pro-government press already calls them "terrorists". HDP member of parliament Tülay Hatimoğulları demands their immediate release.
• Milton Castaño is the 223rd former FARC guerrilla to be killed 

  With the murder of Milton Andrés Mesa Castaño the number of former FARC guerrillas killed rose to 223.
• Şahin: Ending isolation is a contribution to peace 

  ÖHD Amed Branch Chair Muharrem Şahin called on the government to put an end to the isolation policy imposed on Öcalan and to consider his contribution to social peace.
• Online conference on the massacres carried out by Turkish UAVs 

  A conference will be held on the use of Turkish state UAV, responsible of recent massacres in many regions of Kurdistan. Experts and lawyers will attend the conference, which will be broadcast live on the Internet.
• Children of Fire burn down a shop and 5 cars 

  The Initiative targeted the property of “AKP fascists” in Antalya and İzmir provinces.
• Turkey: Coronavirus cases rising, Lira falling 

  Doctors are talking about multiplying the officially issued numbers by a factor of 2 or 3 to get a realistic picture of the pandemic in Turkey.
• Abdullah Öcalan: My Solution for Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds 

  In an op-ed published by Jacobin, Öcalan calls for a “democratic nation project” able to unite citizens of different ethnic backgrounds and cultural traditions.
• Families of Imrali prisoners submit visitation request 

  The relatives of Abdullah Öcalan and the three other prisoners isolated on Imrali applied for permission to make a prison visit.
• Paylan: The one-man regime is the cause of the economic crisis 

  The Turkish lira is losing more and more in value. HDP deputy co-chair Garo Paylan commented on the economic crisis, saying "The one-man regime has brought the country's economy to a collapse.”
• Governor in Urfa issues ban on actions for 30 days 

  All outdoor activities such as marches, meetings, press releases, sit-in and information stands in Urfa have been banned for 30 days.
• Police detain 13 young people in Adana in new political operation 

  Thirteen young people, including HDP council and Youth Council member Ferhat Kalkan, were detained in a political genocide operation in Adana.
• "The state wants our children to die of the pandemic" 

  The mother of the imprisoned lawyer on death fast, Aytaç Ünsal accuses the Turkish state of deliberately exposing her son, who was forced into hospital, to the Corona pandemic.
• Another rapist released from prison in Turkey 

  A man who raped a 16-year old, has been released from prison.
• German left-wing politician acquitted in in PKK trial 

  German left-wing politician Heinz-Peter Schwertges has been acquitted in Bruchsal. He had been accused of having worn a solidarity sticker on the long march to Strasbourg, for which he was to pay 2,400 euros or serve a 60-day prison sentence.
• Beirut: 137 dead, 5,000 injured, 300,000 homeless 

  The preliminary assessment of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut is becoming increasingly serious. There are new reports of 137 dead, more than 5,000 injured and 300,000 homeless.
• Activists in Kiel protest Turkey's attacks on Kurds 

  Demonstrations continue all around the world in protest at Turkey's genocidal campaign against the Kurdish people.
• Van governor extends ban on actions for another two weeks 

  The ban on actions and activities that has been going on for 1, 354 days in Van was once again extended.
• Farewell to Gülistan Aksoy in Berlin 

  A memorial service was held in Berlin for the deceased revolutionary Gülistan Aksoy. Activists of the Kurdish women's movement came from all over Europe to attend the farewell ceremony.
• HBDH militia destroy a truck of MSC company 

  "We will not let patrons live a heavenly life in this slavery system which is hell for the poor. Each company and patron that is a part of this system of exploitation will be our target," said the HBDH militia.
• Rojava Event on Crete 

  Internationalists from Rojava visited the squat "Rosa Nera" in Crete and reported on the grassroots democratic model of society in the autonomous region of Northeast Syria.
• Autonomous Administration declares solidarity with Lebanon 

  After the violent explosion in Beirut, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria has declared its solidarity with Lebanon and called for all forces to be mobilized to alleviate the suffering of the people.
• Senator Cepeda says that no one is above the law, not even Uribe 

  Colombian Senator Iván Cepeda (Alternative Democratic Pole - ADP-Polo Democrático Alternativo) and his lawyer Reinaldo Villalba welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court of Justice to issue an arrest warrant against former Colombian President Álvaro Urib