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• HDP statement on the seizure of five more municipalities 

  We are fighting against two viruses simultaneously – COVID 19 and racist authoritarianism against the Kurds and their democratic will – both being severe public health issues, said the HDP.
• Families and lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  The lawyers and families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imralı filed a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted a visit to the island prison.
• People protesting the seizure of municipality attacked in Iğdır 

  The Turkish police used tear gas against demonstrators protesting against the deposition of the elected mayors in Iğdır. In the shadow of the Coronavirus crisis, the government has occupied five more Kurdish municipalities today.
• DBP: AKP occupies the municipalities it could not win 

  The HDP member party DBP said that the seizure of five municipalities today is a result of the AKP/MHP government's attempt to occupy by force those municipalities which it was unable to win through democratic elections.
• OPEC lowers its oil consume forecast for the next 7 months 

  The OPEC substantially lowers its forecast for oil consumption for the remaining months of 2020.
• HDP Iğdir MP Eksik: We will never accept the policy of trustees 

  Five more municipalities won by the HDP in the local elections on 31 March 2019 have been usurped by the Turkish government today.
• Altınova is the 5th municipality to be seized today - NEW 

  HDP won 65 municipalities, 3 of which metropolitan cities in the local elections of 31 March 2019. 45 municipalities have been seized and taken over by state-appointed trustees so far.
• Police takes 43 people into custody in Özalp 

  43 people were detained during a new political genocide operations in Van's Özalp district.
• Banners and slogans against isolation in Istanbul 

  Activists of a women's initiative sprayed slogans against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and hung up banners in Istanbul.
• AKP seizes another 4 HDP-run municipalities 

  The fascist AKP-MHP government seized the HDP-run municipalities of Iğdır, Siirt, Kurtalan and Baykan and appointed trustees.
• Appeal against the release of Kurdish politician Alınak 

  One day after the release of the Kurdish politician Mahmut Alinak from prison to house arrest, the public prosecutor's office in Kars appealed against the lifting of the arrest warrant.
• Turkey: Death toll from Covid-19 exceeds four thousand 

  With the death of 55 more people, death toll from coronavirus rose to 4,007 in Turkey where 144,749 cases have been recorded in total.
• KCDK-E says it will resume its activities  

  KCDK-E said it will resume its activities which were halted during the coronavirus pandemic.
• Activists in Sweden protest Turkish state attacks  

  The invasion attacks and isolation of the Turkish state were protested with actions organized in 4 Swedish cities.
• IGFM calls for the release of HDP politician Gülser Yildirim 

  The International Society for Human Rights (IGFM) has asked Turkish President Erdogan to release Kurdish politician Gülser Yildirim.
• Children of Fire claim responsibility for new actions 

  The Children of Fire Initiative continues its actions across Turkey.
• Activists in Europe protest Turkish attacks and Imrali isolation 

  The isolation imposed by the Turkish state on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the attacks in Kurdistan were protested with actions in Kiel, Hildesheim, Toulouse and Den Haag.
• Covid-19: Death toll rises to 3,952 in Turkey 

  The death toll from coronavirus in Turkey reached 3,952, while the number of confirmed cases is 143,114.
• At least 97 Kurds died of coronavirus in Europe 

  In Europe at least 97 Kurds have lost their lives due to the coronavirus so far.
• Kurdish politician Alınak released from prison 

  Alınak has been released after three months of imprisonment.
• HDP pays tribute to 301 miners who died in the Soma disaster 

  Work-related deaths remain "the most serious and most crucial problem in the country" because of "lack of control, lack of safety measures, imprudence, combined with employers' criminal irresponsibility, HDP said.
• KESK remembers Soma and says system puts profit before life 

  KESK said on the anniversary of the Soma Massacre that today workers face new risks because of the coronavirus pandemic.
• Young people march for Öcalan in Paris 

  In order to draw attention to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, TCŞ and JCA activists organised an action of civil disobedience in Paris.
• Loyalists in North of Ireland threaten elected representatives 

  Loyalists in the North of Ireland continue to threaten elected representatives from Sinn Féin and other parties.
• HDP's Buldan demands government to apologise to Alevi community 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan said that the "Presidency of Religious Affair is silent about the attacks on graveyards and funerals. We demand it to apologize to the Alevi community."