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• Reconnaissance planes continue to fly over Maxmur 

  For four days, reconnaissance planes have been circulating over Maxmur Camp.
• DKP/Union vows to celebrate May Day 

  The DKP / Union said: "We must sing our resistance songs in every field and organised an action that will stop the production process."
• MHK vows to fight until Assyrian Genocide is recognised 

  The Executive Council of Mesopotamia Peoples Congress (MHK)  issued a statement to mark the 105th anniversary of the Seyfo (Assyrian) Genocide.
• Kurds in solidarity with health workers in Toulouse 

  Kurdish institutions continue their solidarity with health workers in France where Coronavirus pandemic has killed over 22 thousand people and almost 160 thousand cases have been registered.
• Amazon natives call for international help against coronavirus 

  Indigenous leaders called for "international humanitarian aid" to prevent "an ethnocide throughout the Amazon basin".
• Coronavirus: 107,773 infected, 2,706 dead in Turkey 

  106 more people died of Coronavirus during the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 2,706.
• Demonstrations in Europe against Turkish attacks on Kurdistan 

  In Heilbronn, Bonn and the Hague, demonstrations have been staged to protest against the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan. In Hanover and Augsburg, activists of the Kurdish youth movement were in action.
• Fashion designer in Hamburg sews masks for Heyva Sor 

  Fashion designer Inci Hakbilen from Hamburg sews face masks with Kurdish motifs. She wants to use the proceeds from the sale to support the Kurdish Red Crescent for the ongoing sponsored family campaign.
• Libyan National Army: GNA attacked civilians with grad missiles 

  LNA Spokesman called upon the United Nations Support Mission in Libya to perform their duties and condemn the real terrorists who just committed a war crime,
• HDP-led 'Twin Family' Campaign lands in Australia 

  Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê (Kurdistan Red Crescent) and the HDP-led 'Twin Family' campaign enjoys great success in Australia.
• Farewell to Mustafa Koçak in Istanbul 

  Prisoner Mustafa Koçak, who died last night on the 297th day of his death fast, was bid farewell in Istanbul.
• Coronavirus: 104,912 infected, 2,600 dead in Turkey 

  According to official figures, 2,600 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 104,912 cases have been recorded.
• Kurdish patriot dies of Coronavirus in Mannheim 

  Osman Turgay died in Mannheim as a result of the viral disease Covid-19. The 75-year-old Kurdish man from Mardin had lived in Germany for around four decades.
• DTK: All Muslims must stand up against oppression 

  On the occasion of the beginning of Ramadan, the Democratic Society Congress calls on Muslims to stand up against all forms of oppression.
• Genocide on Yazidis: Trial against ISIS member starts in Germany 

  The trial against an Iraqi man who is accused, among other things, of having let a five-year-old Yazidi girl die of thirst, has begun at the Higher Regional Court in Frankfurt.
• Gökçek's father calls on people to raise their voice 

  Ahmet Gökçek, father of Grup Yorum Ibrahim Gökçek, who has been fasting for 312 days demanding the end of repression and bans of music and art, issued a new call to people.
• Vengeance Unit claims responsibility for action in Istanbul 

  The group protested the Turkish attack on Maxmur and the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• 30 summaries of proceedings issued for 21 HDP MPs 

  The Turkish government continues its political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives.
• 115 more people die of Coronavirus in Turkey 

  Another 115 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey while 3,116 more cases have been detected and 2,014 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
• Turkish attacks on Bashur protested in Stuttgart and Marseille 

  Activists of the Kurdish youth movement have protested against the Turkish attacks on southern Kurdistan, northern Iraq.
• Libya crisis: 15 Turkish-backed mercenaries captured 

  According to the Libyan National Army (LNA), 15 mercenaries from Syria sent by Turkey to Libya have been captured.
• Four-day lockdown for 31 cities ends Sunday night 

  Four-day lockdown has begun in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan.
• "We will certainly celebrate 1 May!" 

  Parties and organizations said that 1 May should be celebrated, and called on people to organise celebrations everywhere.
• Families and lawyers apply for a visit to Imralı 

  The lawyers and families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imralı made a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted a visit.
• Covid-19: Death toll rises to 2,376 in Turkey 

  According to official figures, 2,376 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 98,674 cases have been recorded.