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• Former co-mayor of Uludere taken into custody 

  Former co-mayor of Uludere (province of Şırnak), Yunus Ürek, was taken into custody after police raided his house.
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil reached week 368 

  The Vigil demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in front of the Council of Europe has reached week 368.
• Prisoners on hunger strike to protest transfer 

  Five prisoners involved in the hunger strike resistance demanding to end isolation against Öcalan in Kayseri Bünyan No. 2 Prison are on hunger strike protesting their transfer to another prison.
• Memorial and meeting for KCK's Xerib in Germany 

  A memorial for KCK Presidential Council member Diyar Xerib was held in Hildesheim, while a rally was held in Berlin.
• Sinn Féin condemned EU inaction on protecting refugees 

  Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has condemned EU inaction on protecting refugees attempting to reach Europe.
• KCK's Diyar Xerib commemorated in Athens 

  The march ended in front of the Turkish consulate where a minute's silence to pay tribute to Xerib and the martyrs of freedom was held. 
• UN special envoy in Damascus for Constitutional Committee 

  His visit is the fourth since taking up the job in January and comes as the Damascus regime and their Russian ally are hitting the region of Idlib where jihadists have moved.
• Father who lost son in Ankara massacre sentenced to prison 

  Mustafa Dogan, who lost his son Guney Dogan in the October 10 Ankara Massacre, was sentenced to 10 months in prison for “insulting Erdogan”.
• Summaries against 10 MPs 

  Summaries have been prepared demanding the lifting of parliamentary immunities for 10 MPs, most of them from the HDP.
• Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan condemned in Stockholm 

  The Turkish state and its collaborators in the invasion of South Kurdistan were condemned by an action in Stockholm.
• Hertford and Kobanê to be twin cities 

  After Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg council in Berlin signed a twinning agreement with the municipality of Dêrik in Rojava Kurdistan, now the city of Herford took the first step to sign the agreement with with Kobanê.
• Sinn Féin challenged Unionists over anti-social bonfires 

  The leadership of political unionism must do more to challenge and confront the destructive and toxic issue of anti-social bonfires, Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill has said.
• Slovenian PM set to further militarised border with Croacia 

  Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Sarec announced he has decided to increase police and military presence along the border with Croatia.
• Turkish occupation protested in Lausanne 

  An action was organized in Lausanne to protest the invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state against South Kurdistan and against those cooperating with this occupation.
• Explosion in Reyhanlı: 7 people injured 

  Seven people were injured when an explosion occurred in Reyhanlı, province of Hatay.
• HDP MPs detained and battered by the police for saying “No war” 

  Police attacked the people joining a demonstration in Amed for democracy and against war. Deputies of the HDP are among those battered and detained in the crackdown.
• Erciş is turning into a modern city through participation 

  With a population of 250 thousand Erciş is one of the largest provinces of Van.
• Children's Kurdish Festival in Switzerland 

  A colourful Mihricana Zarokan (Children's Festival) was organised in Winterthur, Switzerland.
• ISIS wounded 2 civilians and 2 Iraqi soldiers in Xaneqîn 

  ISIS mercenaries carried out an attack in Xaneqîn wounding 2 civilians and 2 Iraqi soldiers.
• 43 tons of food aid sent by Kurdish and French groups to Lavrio 

  The Democratic Kurdish Council of France, the trade union CGT and Roja Sor donated 43 tons of food to the Kurdish refugees living in Lavrio camp, in Greece.
• Police harassed students protesting at METU in Ankara 

  Police harassed the students who were holding a Vigil at the METU university in Ankara.
• Germany Deutsche Bank to cut 18,000 jobs by 2022 

  Germany Deutsche Bank says it will cut 18,000 jobs by 2022.
• Turkish invasion protested in Sydney 

  Kurds and their friends in Sydney protested Turkish attacks in South Kurdistan.
• Greek right wing party set to win elections 

  Greece’s opposition conservatives were on track to return to power by a landslide on Sunday, early results showed.
• HDP statement on SETA report 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) protested the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) report and said, “Journalism is not a crime, but targeting journalists is.”