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• Sinn Féin asks for Brexit deadline to be extended 

  Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has said the Brexit deadline should be extended given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Kurdish youth organise actions in 3 different European countries 

  Kurdish youth organisted actions in Germany, France and Greece to celebrate May Day and protest the attacks carried out by the Turkish state.
• "Applause won't change anything, socialize healthcare" 

  The initiative ‘Friends of the Kurdish Freedom Movement’ carried out another solidarity action with medical employees in Braunschweig. The activists demand the socialization of the health care system.
• Trade unionist Smellie's May Day solidarity message to HDP 

  Smellie is the trade union liaison officer for Peace in Kurdistan and founder of Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan.
• Turkey: Death toll from coronavirus rises to 3,258 

  With the death of 84 more people, death toll from coronavirus rose to 3,258 in Turkey where 122,392 cases have been recorded in total.
• HBDH militia celebrate 1 May in Istanbul 

  HBDH militias called on the people to join their united struggle against the system of exploitation.
• 1 May: Dozens arrested by the police in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, dozens of people have been arrested during events marking the May Day of Labour Struggle.
• Martyr Renas Andok Unit claims responsibility for action in Bursa 

  The Martyr Renas Andok Unit affiliated to the Martyr Sorxwin Revenge Unit, carried out an action against an AKP-MHP collaborator in Bursa.
• Petition asks UK government to pressure Turkey on amnesty law 

  Dozens of UK lawyers, civil society associations, academics, intellectuals asked the UK government to urge Turkish Justice Ministry to demand that the Turkey’s Constitutional Court rules against the amnesty law.
• SES co-chair : 'We'll demand rights the with same determination'  

  SES co-chair Gönül Erden: "We will continue to struggle, practice solidarity and organize with the same determination for our rights."
• 'Children of Fire' claims responsibility for fire in Istanbul 

  The 'Children of Fire' claimed responsibility for a 15-storey plaza they set on fire in Maltepe, Istanbul.
• HDP's Piroğlu: Let's celebrate 1 May everywhere 

  HDP Deputy Musa Piroğlu criticised the blockade of Taksim Square, hours before the 1 May, International Workers' Day, and stressed that everywhere should be turned into a celebration area today.
• TKEP celebrates 1 May 

  The TKEP / Leninist Central Committee celebrated 1 May, International Workers' Day.
• Police attack unions trying to hold symbolic 1 May act in Taksim 

  Turkish police attacked the symbolic May Day celebration, which was planned to be held in Taksim Square, and many people were detained including DISK General Secretary Arzu Çerkezoğlu.
• Four people detained in Ankara over May Day activity 

  The group called on everyone to raise their voices on 1 May.
• Three-day curfew in Turkey 

  Turkey continues to implement partial curfews to confront the pandemic.
• Istanbul police arrest 11 activists marking May Day 

  In Istanbul, eleven activists of the Labour Movement Party (EHP) were arrested during the reading of a press release marking 1 May.
• Demirtaş calls for participation in HDP’s ‘Twin Family’ campaign 

  To date, the HDP has reached over 4200 families with its solidarity campaign in times of pandemic. Former party leader Selahattin Demirtaş is calling for people to participate in the campaign.
• 93 more people die of Coronavirus in Turkey 

  Another 93 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey while 2,615 more cases have been detected and 4,846 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
• Istanbul police take down HDP banners on 1 May 

  The police removed the May Day banners of the HDP from all districts of Istanbul. The posters bore messages such as "Not the virus but capitalism kills" and "Long live women's solidarity".
• "The marginalization of the Kurds has become a law" 

  "No pandemic is as dangerous as the revival of nationalist mafias in Turkey," says HDP MP Musa Farisioğulları on the impact of the prison reform passed by the Turkish parliament.
• KON-MED calls on people to celebrate International Workers' Day 

  KON-MED called on people to celebrate 1 May, drawing attention to the fact that capitalism produces chaos and underlining the importance of democratic modernity.
• HDK says government strategy to counter pandemic insufficient 

  The HDK Health Council said that the AKP-MHP government has implemented a non-strategy during the coronavirus outbreak.
• Support from DKTM to Gonesse Hospital 

  DKTM offered masks to Gonesse Hospital during the pandemic process and prepared meals for the hospital.
• KCDK-E calls on people to step up struggle on Workers' Day 

  In written statement to mark 1 May, KCDK-E called for increased resistance and democratic struggle.