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• 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.
• Coronavirus: 23,934 infected, 501 dead in Turkey 

  501 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey in less than a month.
• From Colombia to Catalunya, to Switzerland: Happy Birthday Öcalan 

  From Colombia to Catalunya, to Switzerland, to the Basque Country to Italy, thousands said: Happy Birthday Öcalan!
• Öcalan’s birthday celebrated in Lavrio 

  Celebrations to mark Öcalan’s 71st birthday have continued in Lavrio since yesterday.
• Court rejects request for the release of Figen Yüksekdağ 

  A court in Ankara has rejected the application for release from prison of former HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ. The judges could not find any evidence that the politician's life is threatened in prison by the Corona pandemic.
• Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams sends greetings to Öcalan 

  Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has sent a video in support to the campaign Freedom for Öcalan.
• PACE calls for non-discriminatory release of prisoners in Turkey 

  Amid COVID-19 concerns, PACE monitors urged Turkish authorities to ensure any prisoner release is non-discriminatory.
• Police detain many people at the funeral of Helin Bölek 

  The Turkish police have prevented a funeral service in Istanbul for Grup Yorum musician Helin Bölek, who died on death fast against state repression. Numerous people were arrested.
• International Initiative: Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  Today Abdullah Öcalan will turn 71. Another year has passed where he and the other prisoners on Imralı island could only be visited a couple of times, despite the numerous protests against this unacceptable situation.
• PAJK and PKK prisoners salute Abdullah Öcalan on his birthday 

  The prisoners' statement reiterated that the AKP-MHP government is doomed to fail and be crashed.
• People of Chiapas face coronavirus crisis with no potable water  

  Mexican native communities in the southern state of Chiapas lack of potable water while facing the sanitary crisis due to COVID-19.
• Five Kurds died of coronavirus in France 

  Along with Hüseyin Akdoğan, at least 4 other Kurds have died in France due to the coronavirus.