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• Dr Yıldırım: Prisons could turn into morgues 

  HDP Mardin former deputy Gülser Yıldırım's husband, Dr. Kamuran Yıldırım, said that the Covid-19 pandemic poses a great risk to political prisoners and added: "If they keep them there, prisons will turn into morgues."
• Spanish government "hibernates" economy to counter Covid-19 

  Spanish government said it was “hibernating” the country's economy in a bid to avoid the health system becoming overwhelmed by Covid-19 patients.
• Wuhan slowly comes back to life 

  Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, is slowly coming back to life.
• CHP's Ağbaba questions coronavirus figures given by government 

  There are heavy doubts about what the Turkish government is saying about the outbreak and it is worrying that it is not taking action.
• Covid-19: 23 more dead, 1,815 more cases detected in Turkey 

  Death toll rose to 131 and the total cases to 9,217.
• Over 1.5 billion students affected by COVID-19 school closures 

  “Never before have we witnessed educational disruption on such a scale,” said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.
• PKK Commander Mahsum Korkmaz remembered in Marseille 

  With a spectacular action in Marseille, activists of the Kurdish youth movement commemorated the guerrilla commander Mahsum Korkmaz. Under his responsibility, "the first shot" of the PKK was fired 36 years ago.
• "Dismissed health care workers must be allowed to work" 

  HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu is a doctor and is one of the 15,000 health care professionals who have been dismissed from the civil service for political reasons. He calls for a change in Turkish health policy.
• Baş: The government doesn't protect workers  

  After the coronavirus was detected in Turkey no effective measures have been taken to protect workers, especially those working in construction. 
• Spanish government tightens lockdown 

  Ministers will approve the confinement of non-essential workers to their homes for the next two weeks.
• Lockdown begins in the North of Ireland  

  The North of Ireland executive has introduced "sweeping new powers" to fight the spread of coronavirus. The new measures came into effect at 11 pm on Saturday. 
• Protest against refugee policy in Berlin 

  In Berlin, a demonstration was staged against the refugee policy of the German government and the EU.
• Coronavirus: 7,402 infected, 108 dead in Turkey 

  108 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 7,402 have been infected so far.
• Kurdish umbrella organisations: Nobody must be abandoned 

  "We must maintain a social approach to the Corona pandemic that is based on solidarity and rules," warn the KCDK-E and TJK-E and call for the time to be used for education.
• 3 Kurds and 12 Chaldeans die of coronavirus in Paris 

  Three Kurds and 12 people from the Chaldean community living in Paris and suburbs have died of Covid-19.
• HDP asks government about fate of paid teachers in COVID-19 time 

  The HDP pointed out that the AKP is leaving paid teachers without salary during the coronavirus emergency.
• Revenge Units target police and drug dealers in Amed 

  Revenge Units carried out actions against Turkish police and drug dealers in Amed.
• HDP launches video campaign to "stay at home" in many languages 

  The videos have been published in many languages, Turkis, Kurdish, Arabic, Armenian and also in the Syriac language.
• President Erdogan announces new measures to counter epidemic 

  Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced tonight that the new measures will be meticolously implemented in the bigger 30 cities.
• 300-year-old Yazidi graveyard desecrated 

  The 300-year-old Yazidi graveyard in Nusaybin was desecrated.
• Death toll from coronavirus in Turkey reaches 92 

  42 patients have recovered from the coronavirus so far.
• Over 1,700 attacks against refugees and asylum seekers in Germany 

  In 2019 more than 1,700 attacks against refugees and asylum seekers were registered in Germany.
• Son of Kurdish writer Cegerxwîn dies of Coronavirus 

  Kurdish poet and writer Cegerxwîn’s son Keyo Hassan Cegerxwîn died at the age of 84 in Stockholm as a result of a coronavirus infection.
• Families and lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  Growing concerns for prisoners as the Coronavirus has spread throughout Turkey.
• PKK-PAJK Prison Committees call on people to struggle 

  PKK-PAJK Prison Committees stated that the coronavirus outbreak would provoke a real crisis in prisons. The committees called for resistance against the AKP-MHP fascism and its intention to provoke a tragedy in jails.