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• KCK: The attack on the Assyrian Defense Forces must be condemned 

  The Turkish state’s murderous mindset and politics have become so ingrained that it has a profound fear of the liberation of the peoples and uses this fear to target all peoples alike, said the KCK in a statement on the Turkish attack on Sotoro forces.
• International Delegation of Lawyers visits Diyarbakır Bar Association 

  The International Delegation of Lawyers, which continues its talks against the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, visited the Bar Association in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• İnşaat-İş trade unionists did not recognize 'house arrest' decision 

  The executives of the Construction Workers Union, who were taken into custody and released on house arrest for performing their duties as unionists, rejected the unlawful practice and got together with the workers.
• Political prisoners in Turkey on day 94 of hunger strike 

  As part of the global campaign demanding freedom for Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, the alternating hunger strike launched by PKK and PAJK prisoners in Turkish prisons continues on its 94th day.
• DEM Party calls for a return to the 'Dolmabahçe Consensus' 

  The DEM Party Central Executive Committee stated that the rejection of the Dolmabahçe Consensus closed the doors to democratic politics and a democratic solution.
• Letter sent by imprisoned writer Bayhan to Öcalan confiscated 

  The letter sent by imprisoned writer Zeki Bayhan to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was confiscated.
• Politicians react to racist threats against Bremen Kurdish Community Center  

  Politicians reacting to the threat against the Bremen Kurdish Community Center asked for joint action against fascist and racist attacks.
• Kurdish activist Ferit Çelik arrested in Sweden on German arrest warrant 

  Ferit Çelik was reportedly arrested in Sweden on the basis of a German arrest warrant and is in custody pending extradition. The Kurdish association NCDK-Sweden is calling for his immediate release.
• House of DEM Party MP Çiçek Otlu raided by the police 

  DEM Party MP Çiçek Otlu's house in Istanbul was raided by the police. The police broke the door and searched the house.
• Several socialists detained in Izmir and Istanbul 

  Turkey continues to tighten the screws of repression against left-wing and socialist circles. At least twelve people from the ESP, SMF and Partizan structures were taken into custody on Tuesday.
• Israeli attacks kill 217 Hezbollah members 

  While Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip have killed tens of thousands of people, nearly 220 Hezbollah members have reportedly been killed in attacks in Lebanon and Syria.
• Declaration "We must talk about solution again" announced in Amed 

  Announced in Amed today, the declaration "We must talk about solution again" stressed that: "Other problems cannot be solved without solving the Kurdish question."
• 4-day hunger strike in Bordeaux demanding freedom for Öcalan ends with a meeting 

  A 4-day hunger strike in Bordeaux in solidarity with the prisoners on hunger strike in Turkey, ended with a meeting calling for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds in Berlin send postcards to Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish people living in Berlin sent postcards to Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali.
• Freedom and Democracy Rally: We will break the door of Imrali! 

  Speaking at the "Freedom and Democracy" rally organized in Esenyurt, Istanbul, DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayindir said, "We will break the door of Imrali and provide a solution. We do not accept this isolation."
• Kurdish association in Bremen reacts to racist threat 

  "The criminalization policy of the state organs paves the way for racist attacks by racist people and circles," said the Bremen Democratic Kurdish Community Center, reacting to the threat with a bullet with the word SS written on it.
• Thousands on their way to the Freedom and Democracy Rally in Istanbul 

  Thousands of people have started to gather to participate in the "Freedom and Democracy" rally organized in Istanbul.
• Lawyer Şakar: Öcalan is a prisoner of the international conspiracy 

  At the Geneva conference on political prisoners, Mahmut Şakar said that the "Imrali system was established while Abdullah Öcalan was still in Kenya."
• Conference in Geneva: There is no law in İmralı 

  At the Geneva conference on political prisoners, it was emphasized that no law is in effect in İmralı and enemy law is applied to the opponents, especially Kurds, in Turkey.
• KCDK-E: The CPT is acting as an indirect promoter and supporter of torture and the Turkish regime 

  The umbrella organization of the Kurds in Europe, KCDK-E, criticizes the CPT for not visiting Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali during its latest mission to Turkey, saying that the CPT’s credibility has once again become more than questionable.
• 25 years of İmralı resistance and torture system discussed in Geneva 

  A conference titled "Political Prisoners in the World and Turkey" is being organized in Geneva. The conference, attended by experts in their fields, also discusses the 25-year İmralı resistance and the torture system.
• All ready for DEM Party 'Freedom and Democracy Rally' to be held in Istanbul tomorrow 

  The DEM Party continues preparations for the 'Freedom and Democracy Rally' to be held in Istanbul tomorrow, Sunday.
• Jonasson: Prerequisite for resumption of peace negotiations is release of Öcalan  

  Former Minister of Justice of Iceland, Ögmundur Jonasson, called on the Turkish state to end the Imrali isolation and return to the peace process.
• Conference on political prisoners at Geneva University 

  Conference on political prisoners at Geneve University
• CPT went to Turkey and returned to Europe without visiting Imrali 

  CPT came to Turkey and returned without visiting Imrali Island Prison where Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan is held in solitary confinement.