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• ANYAKAY-DER says visit to Öcalan should be allowed 

  ANYAKAY-DER co-chair Sultan Karasu asked for an opportunity to meet with Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, whose health situation is causing even more concern after the Covid-19 outbreak.
• Revenge Units hit Roketsan factory in Ankara 

  The action was carried out by Tekoşer Gever Revenge Units with a special technique.
• Covid-19: 34,109 infected, 725 dead in Turkey 

  The cities with the highest rate of infections in Turkey are Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Ankara and İzmir.
• 51 in South Korea again test positive for COVID-19 after recovery 

  51 patients in South Korea have been re-diagnosed with COVID-19 after recovery.
• WWF:SE Asia favours crackdown on wildlife trade after coronavirus 

  “This is no longer a wildlife problem. It is a global security and human health and economic problem,” said WWF’s Asia Pacific Director.
• UNESCO calls for responsibility to protect the vulnerable 

  UNESCO experts urged collective responsibility to protect vulnerable persons in global battle against COVID-19.
• KON-MED calls on people to increase COVID-19 preventive measures 

  KON-MED issued a statement reminding that "we have suffered 11 losses in Germany. We must take more precautions."
• KCKD-E and TJK-E launch "Twin Family" campaign 

  The "Twin Family" campaign will be carried out through a contribution of 100 Euros per month for a period of 3 months. The campaign organized by TKJ-E and KCDK-E will be carried out through Heyva Sor a Kurdistan.
• DISK: Coronavirus threat increased by government inefficiency 

  DISK (Turkey's Revolutionary Workers Unions Confederation) emphasized that the government has increased the threat of the spreading of the coronavirus by not taking sufficient precautions and issued a series of proposals.
• Four buildings quarantined in Istanbul due to coronavirus 

  Four buildings were quarantined in the borough of Bağcılar in Istanbul due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• Coronavirus: 30,217 infected, 649 dead in Turkey 

  According to official figures, 649 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey so far. The number of cases of infection has increased to 30,217.
• Eleven political parties: The law draft is like death penalty 

  The HDP and ten other political parties in Turkey are calling for a protest against the planned bill on Criminal Enforcement. The new regulation, which could release tens of thousands of prisoners, explicitly excludes political prisoners.
• Eighty-year-old survives cancer and corona 

  Eighty-year-old Derviş Şahan, who lives in London, defeated cancer last year and now, after a twenty-day battle, the coronavirus.
• KCDK-E calls for establishment of joint coordination 

  KCDK-E invited everyone to "follow the measures seriously and to continue this approach until we overcome this pandemic, and most importantly, to practice solidarity, sharing and collaboration as part of our daily life."
• 'Donation' means extortion for workers in Van Municipality 

  The trustee appointed to Van Metropolitan Municipality, has cut 1,200 TL in April from all the municipality workers to support the "donation" campaign launched by Turkish President Erdogan.
• Kurds meet to discuss how to act against coronavirus 

  People and all political parties were urged to protest the embargo and to submitt aid projects through Heyva Sor Kurdistan especially taking into account the experience of Maxmur, Shengal and Shehba camps.
• HDP starts Twin Families Campaign  

  All provincial and district organizations of the HDP will contact families living in their constituencies, with relatively good economic status, and call on them to adopt a "twin family".
• UK Prime Minister Johnson admitted to hospital over coronavirus 

  The UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been admitted to hospital tonight for tests. He has been showing persistent symptoms of coronavirus 10 days after testing positive.
• Turkey: Death toll from coronavirus rises to 574 

  According to official figures, 574 people in Turkey have died of Covid-19 so far. The number of cases of infection has increased to 27,069.
• 439 prisoners in Batman transferred to Amed after riot 

  439 prisoners have been transferred to Amed while 202 remain in Batman M Type Closed Prison.
• A peasant leader and a former FARC guerrilla killed in Colombia 

  The Putumayo Departmental Human Rights Network has denounced the murder of peasant leader Hamilton Gasca Ortega while the FARC denounced the killing of yet another former guerrilla.
• Young people celebrate Öcalan's birthday in German cities 

  Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger (TCŞ) and Jinên Ciwan ên Azad (JCA) activists celebrated Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday with various events.
• Four people died of coronavirus in Amed 

  Four people died in Amed and Silvan due to Covid-19.
• The Labour Party elects new leader amidst coronavirus crisis 

  In December 2019, the Labor Party suffered its worst defeat at the polls since the 1930s, giving way to an absolute majority of conservative PM Johnson.​​​​​​​
• Large crowd waiting in front of Batman prison 

  As no official statement has been made regarding the riot in Batman M Type Prison, a large crowd is waiting in front of the prison to have news.