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• Activists in Duisburg protest Turkish attacks against Zînî Wertê 

  Kurds in Duisburg protested the Turkish state attacks against Zînî Wertê and Maxmur Camp.
• Funeral of HPG guerrilla Yılmaz takes place in Amed 

  The washing of HPG guerrilla Musa Yılmaz's remains was prevented by the police. Despite the police threat, hundreds of people in Amed bid farewell to Yılmaz.
• DKP / Union issues a statement to pay tribute to May martyrs 

  The DKP / Union remembered the martyrs of the revolution and said: "We know how to break this wheel. We will adhere to the goals and ideals of the immortals and we will grow the united revolutionary movement."
• Sinn Fein joins 200 artists in saying 'no' to a return to normal 

  Sinn Fein has said that any economic strategy to recover from the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 must be based on a just transition towards a net zero carbon economy. The appeal follows a letter signed by 200 artists and intellectuals worldwide.
• Children of Fire claim responsibility for action in Kütahya 

  The Children of Fire set fire to a dormitory with a hostile policy towards Kurds in Kütahya.
• DKP/BÖG pays tribute revolutionary martyrs 

  DKP / BÖG commemorated revolutionary martyrs as part of the "Week of the Immortals". 
• Gökçek laid to rest amidst police violence 

  Grup Yorum member Ibrahim Gökçek was laid to rest in his hometown, Kayseri. The police blockade the cemetery, and attacked from place to place.
• HDP provides solidarity aid to 140 families in Ankara 

  HDP Ankara Provincial co-chair Vezir Coşkun Parlak said that in Ankara, 300 families were provided with basic food aid and 140 families were brought together by the 'Twin Family Campaign'.
• Authorities try to prevent participation at Gökçek's funeral 

  Lawyer Ayşegül Çağatay said: "They are trying to cause problems in the cemetery by using the lockdown as an excuse to for imposing limitation on the funeral of Ibrahim Gökçek who was brought to Kayseri."
• HDP condemns attacks at Ibrahim Gökçek's funeral 

  The HDP said that the AKP-MHP, which attacked Ibrahim Gökçek's funeral and the cemevi, committed yet another crime against humanity. 
• Governor says markets in Istanbul to open next Monday 

  The Governorship of Istanbul announced that markets will reopen after being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
• May 8 - A day to celebrate, remember and promise 

  The end of the Second World War in Europe marks the 75th anniversary. On the day of liberation from National Socialism the internationalist campaign RiseUp4Rojava calls for strengthening the anti-fascist struggle worldwide.
• Gökçek’s body taken to Kayseri by the police, not given to family 

  The body of Grup Yorum musician İbrahim Gökçek who died after a death fast has not been given to his family in his final journey to his hometown, Kayseri for burial.
• Turkey: Death toll from coronavirus rises to 3,689 

  With the death of 48 more people, death toll from coronavirus rose to 3,689 in Turkey where 135,569 cases have been recorded in total.
• Families and lawyers apply for a visit to Imralı 

  The lawyers and families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imralı made a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted a visit to their relatives.
• Two Turkish drones shot down in Libya 

  LNA troops have attacked positions of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood government. Arms depots were destroyed and two Turkish drones shot down.
• Urgent appeal for ceasefire and release of political prisoners 

  International call for the implementation of the UN call for a global ceasefire, resolution of political conflicts through negotiations, release of political prisoners, end to military escalation, provision of humanitarian aid, protection of activists.
• Gökçek’s body abducted, lawyers detained at funeral 

  Following a crackdown on the mourners, Istanbul police entered the Cemevi and abducted the body of Grup Yorum member İbrahim Gökçek who died after months of death fast.
• 44 Covid-19 cases in Silivri prison 

  The Corona pandemic is spreading in prisons. There is talk of 44 infected prisoners in the prison complex in Silivri.
• Police attack Gökçek’s funeral with rubber bullets and tear gas 

  The situation in the Gazi neighborhood of Istanbul is escalating. The police attack mourners with tear gas and rubber bullets.
• Danish politicians call on Kurdish leaders to promote unity 

  Danish politicians wrote an open letter to Kurdish political forces calling for clashes in South Kurdistan to end.
• Maduro says communication lines with US are silent 

  President of Venezuela says armed incursion in his country was "covert operation ordered by US President Donald Trump."
• One person dies following earthquake near Tehran 

  A 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred near Tehran. A person died.
• Turkey pressures mercenaries to join military operations in Libya 

  The number of recruits who arrived in Libya up to date, rose to nearly 8,000 mercenaries, including a group of non-Syrian mercenaries, while nearly 3,100 others arrived in Turkey to undergo training courses.
• Police prevents march for Ibrahim Gökçek 

  A march to pay tribute to Grup Yorum Ibrahim Gökçek, who died on Thursday, was organised in the neighborhood of Gazi in Istanbul but was stopped by police.