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• EFA calls on Turkey to suspend its anti-Kurdish policies 

  EFA said they support the HDP party and join its call on the international community to raise the voice of Kurdish people and to take action against the ‘trustee-regime’ policies and measures by the Turkish government.
• Nine detained in police attack against HDP in Ankara – NEW 

  Police attacked the HDP group that wanted to make a press statement in protest at the seizure of HDP-run municipalities in the Kurdish region.
• HDP MP: The risk of infection in prisons is extremely high 

  HDP deputy Zülehya Gülum warns against the spread of the coronavirus in Turkish prisons and demands immediate action, saying that the state would be responsible for any deaths in the contrary case.
• HDP Ankara branch co-chair battered and detained 

  The Turkish regime’s repression and attacks against the HDP continue increasingly.
• HDP's Ipekyüz: The AKP turned Covid-19 crisis into an opportunity 

  HDP Batman MP Ipekyüz said that the AKP government has turned the coronavirus pandemic into an opportunity to continue with its policy of seizing the HDP-run municipalities.
• UK unionist Dubbins: Role of Ocalan crucial for peace in Turkey 

  UK director of International and Research of UNITE the UNION, Simon Dubbins said Ocalan crucial for building peace in Turkey and the Middle East.
• Activists in Hamburg protest Turkey's policy against Kurds 

  Activists in Hamburg protested the attacks on Zinî Wertê carried out by the Turkish state as well as the dismissal and arrest of HDP mayors.
• Turkey: Death toll from Coronavirus rises to 4,199 

  Another 28 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 1,022 cases have been detected and 1,318 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
• KNK: We will remember Jon as a man of justice and lover of peace 

  “It was an honour for us to have Jon as our friend, and his memory will inspire us to continue our struggle to fulfil his dreams of peace and justice in Kurdistan, Middle East, and the world,” KNK said.
• ESU launches campaign for the recognition of the Sayfo genocide 

  Petition urges the European Parliament to recognize Sayfo 1915 genocide and side with the historical truth and justice as the foundational pillars of the European ideals.
• Kurdish man brutally murdered in Dortmund 

  A 41-year-old Kurdish man was murdered in Dortmund on Friday night. On the way home, the man was kicked several times, even while he was already lying on the ground. The suspect - a supporter of the fascist "Grey Wolves" - was arrested.
• Libération: Turkey develops "an inhumane model" in prisons 

  The French newspaper highlighted the use of the judiciary for repressive purposes, and often against the law in today’s Turkey.
• Knape: Seizure of municipalities a permanent threat to democracy 

  Congress President expressed concern over the continued suspensions of mayors in the south-east of Turkey.
• AKP-MHP policies protested in Toronto 

  Activists in Toronto protested the AKP-MHP regime's seizure of the HDP-run municipalities.
• Children of Fire claim responsibility for actions in 4 cities 

  The Children of Fire Initiative carried out actions in Izmir, Antalya, Kocaeli and Eskişehir.
• Explosion in Balochistan kills six paramilitaries 

  The explosion occurred during a routine patrol in the town of Bolan on Monday night.
• Rocket hits American embassy in Baghdad 

  In the past seven months, 28 attacks have been carried out targeting American interests.
• Turkey: Number of confirmed Covid-19 cases exceeds 150,000 

  Another 31 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 1,158 cases have been detected and 1,615 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
• Protests against seizure of HDP municipalities continue 

  For the fourth day in a row, protests were held in several cities against the appointment of trustees to HDP-run municipalities in the Kurdish region.
• "We will not remain silent on the seizure of municipalities” 

  Thirteen parties and organizations in Turkey condemn the appointment of trustees to the Kurdish municipalities and announce resistance.
• HDP denounces censorship in Kandira Prison 

  HDP former co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ as well as former deputies and politicians suffer censorship in Kandira Prison.
• HDP Youth Council pays tribute to Martyrs of May 

  Tribute to the Martyrs of 18 May, to Haki Karer and "the 4 of Diyarbakir prison", Ferhat Kurtay, Eşref Anyık, Mahmut Zengin and Necmi Öner
• Most of the Spanish State today enters Phase 1  

  The Spanish state enters Phase 1, towards a "new normality", with doubts and fear.
• HDP pays tribute to Martyrs of May 

  The HDP Central Executive Committee commemorated the revolutionaries, from Ibrahim Kaypakkaya to Haki Karer, who fell martyrs in May.
• '78s Initiative pays tribute to Diyarbakir prison No.5 Martyrs 

  On 18 May 1982 Mahmut Zengin, Eşref Anyik, Ferhat Kurtay and Necmi Öner covered themselves in newspaper that had been soaked with paint , and, whilst holding hands, burned themselves to death.