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• Activists hang PKK flag at Turkish Consulate in Paris 

  A PKK flag has been hung at the Turkish Consulate in Paris by activists of the "Apoist Youth" in protest at Turkey’s attacks on Kurdistan.
• Human rights defenders in Germany talk about Maxmur 

  Civaka Azad, which is working for Kurds in Germany, will organize an online panel on Thursday regarding the embargo imposed on Maxmur Refugee Camp for over 10 months.
• Five social leaders killed in Colombia in 24 hours 

  84 social activists were murdered in Colombia between January and 30 April.
• Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Selma Irmak 

  The Supreme Court upheld the 7 years and 6 months prison sentence against former HDP Deputy Selma Irmak.
• Joint declaration demands the government to keep "hands off Kars" 

  The signatories have expressed their solidarity and support for Kars municipality after the recent news targeting the co-mayors Ayhan Bilgen and Şevin Alaca. 
• Activists in Bern and Stuttgart protest Turkey 

  Activists in Bern protested the Turkish state attacks against the regione of Zinî Wertê in South Kurdistan while in Stuttgart a banner was opened to expressed solidarity with political prisoners.
• 13 Bar Associations demand Law of Execution to be canceled 

  13 bar associations in Kurdistan said that the regulation in the Law of Execution goes against the principle of equality of the Constitution and asked the Constitutional Court to cancel it.
• ISIS attacks Iraqi soldiers near Maxmur region 

  ISIS mercenaries attacked Iraqi soldiers near Maxmur district.
• Officials say 59 people died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours 

  According to the latest figures, 59 people have died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours in Turkey.
• Swedish FM on Maxmur attack:International rules must be respected 

  Foreign Minister Linde expressed concerns over the deterioration of Turkey’s relations with Kurdish groups inside and outside the country.
• ISIS increases its attacks in Kirkuk and Diyala 

  ISIS mercenaries have escalated their attacks in recent weeks. The attacks reached the highest level in recent years this April.
• HBDH pays tribute to Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin Inan 

  HBDH paid tribute to Deniz Gezmiş Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin Inan on the 48th anniversary of their execution.
• HDP tells 18 ambassadors about the AKP's crimes 

  Özsoy said that the Law of Execution passed by the Assembly and excluding political prisoners is against both the Constitution and international agreements.
• Grup Yorum member Gökçek ends death fast - UPDATE 

  Grup Yorum has announced that Gökçek has ended his action.
• Turkey: Death toll from coronavirus rises to 3,461 

  Another 64 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 1,614 more cases have been detected and 5,015 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
• HDP MPs visit Ibrahim Gökçek on death fast for 322 days 

  HDP MPs visited the musician Ibrahim Gökçek who is on death fast in Istanbul and called on the public to show solidarity. The bassist of Grup Yorum has been refusing to eat for months.
• Pierre Granet, long time friend of the Kurds, dies in Toulouse 

  Granet will be laid to rest at 9.30 on Thursday.
• HDP commemorates victims of Dersim genocide 

  The state should apologize to the families of the people of Dersim on the basis of acknowledging the truth, said co-chair of the HDP Peoples and Beliefs Commission.
• Inflation rate in April stands at 10,94% 

  Consumer prices in Turkey went up 10.94% in April compared to the same month last year, the country's statistical authority, TÜİK, said today. 
• Forced to work despite the pandemic 

  Idris Tutum is working for the minimum wage in ISTOC's product warehouse. Like millions of workers he has to go to work despite the risk posed by the pandemic, or he would be faced with hunger.
• Yüksekdağ calls for strengthened unity and fraternity 

  Figen Yüksekdağ, a politician in prison and former co-chair of the HDP, calls for more responsibility in the corona crisis: "In these difficult times, solidarity and fraternity must be strengthened.”
• Kurds in Bremen protest Turkey’s attacks 

  Demonstrations in protest at the Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people in three parts of Kurdistan continue despite the pandemic.
• Turkey: Death toll from coronavirus rises to 3,397 

  According to official figures, 3,397 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 126,045 cases have been recorded in total.
• Four killed in ISIS attack on police station in Iraq 

  In the Iraqi Governorate of Diyala, four people have been killed in an attack by the ISIS on a police headquarters.
• Civil disobedience action by Kurdish youth in Drancy 

  Demonstrations against the Turkish state’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people continue all around Europe.