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• KCDK-E calls on everyone living abroad to exercise their right to vote  

  KCDK-E called on everyone living abroad to exercise their right to vote and underlined that the polling stations in Europe open today.
• Activists at Geneva vigil condemn mass detentions: "We will respond to attacks with resistance" 

  Activists holding a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva since 2021 called for enhanced resistance in the face of the growing crackdown on Kurdish society in Turkey.
• 128 detainees give their statements to the police 

  18 days before the parliamentary and presidential elections on May 14, dozens of journalists, artists, political party officials and lawyers were taken into custody in several provinces on Tuesday.
• Group of activists from Lucerne takes over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A Lucerne group of activists took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil on its 566th week.
• Sinn Féin, Podemos and European Democratic lawyers express solidarity with HDP 

  Solidarity with the HDP from European parties and associations.
• Mother and sister of martyr Agit Ipek among those taken into custody 

  Halise Aksoy, the mother of martyr Agit Ipek, whose remains were sent to the family by post, is among those taken into custody.
• Protest against mass detentions in front of courthouse in Amed 

  The detention of more than 100 people, including 25 lawyers, as part of an Amed-based investigation was protested in front of the courthouse in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Hearing of Kenan Ayaz facing extradition to Germany held in Nicosia 

  In the appeal proceedings against the extradition of Kenan Ayaz to Germany, the first hearing has taken place in Nicosia. The hearing was adjourned to 9 May, and the final decision on the extradition is to be made on 16 May.
• 25 lawyers among those detained in today’s operation  

  Among the more than one hundred people arrested in Turkey are 25 lawyers. In five cities, the offices of the lawyers' association ÖHD were searched by the police.
• Number of detainees in Amed-based operation increases 

  At least 126 people, including 25 lawyers and 10 journalists, have been detained during simultaneous operations in dozens of cities in the morning hours. Detention warrants have been issued for a total of 216 people.
• ESP condemns the mass detention of politicians, journalists and artists 

  The Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) reacted to the detention of over a hundred people in dozens of cities this morning.
• HDP: Government directly interfering in the elections through the police and the judiciary 

  About 150 opposition members have been detained in Turkey in the run-up to the presidential and parliamentary elections. The HDP condemns the operation and says that the judiciary and police have intervened in the election campaign.
• RSF in Sudan agrees to ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian efforts  

  The RSF in Sudan agreed to a ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian efforts and evacuations.
• At least 150 journalists, politicians, artists, lawyers taken into custody by police 

  Many people, including journalists, politicians, lawyers and artists, were detained in a police political operation carried out in various cities.
• HBDH remembers Armenian genocide, calling for enhanced resistance 

  We must expand the united struggle to create a life that will allow Kurdish, the language of heart, Turkish, the language of music, and Armenian, the language of pain, to be spoken freely and fraternally," said the HBDH.
• HDP commemorates victims of the Armenian Genocide 

  In a statement commemorating victims of the Armenian Genocide in 1915, the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) said: "Postponing the confrontation with the disgraces of the past does not serve social peace and addressing the truths."
• KNK: The genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 must be recognised by Turkey 

  KNK strongly condemns the genocide of 1915 and calls on the Republic of Turkey to recognize this genocide and fulfill all obligations to the people who were the victims of this crime against humanity.
• Election meeting in Rotterdam 

  A meeting was held in Rotterdam with the participation of HDP Hakkari former MP Nihat Akdoğan.
• Demo in Nicosia demands "Freedom for Kenan Ayaz" 

  In Nicosia, numerous Cypriot politicians and activists protested against the threatened extradition of Kenan Ayaz to Germany, saying: "We stand by Kenan Ayaz, his struggle is our struggle too".
• Three people injured in attack on passenger bus from Batman in Alanya 

  Three people were injured as a result of the attack of a group on the passenger bus of Batman company in Alanya.
• Istanbul governor bans Armenian Genocide commemoration event on April 24 

  “The Governor's Office has clearly shown that it is against the dynamics of democratization by banning our commemoration event,” said the April 24 Commemoration Platform, calling on the Governor's Office to abandon this decision.
• "Jin Jiyan Azadî" panel in Lausanne 

  A panel titled “Jin Jiyan Azadî” took place in the Palais de Rumine as part of the series of events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne.
• Memorial for Armenian Genocide victims in Wuppertal 

  24 April is International Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide. The Wuppertal alliance "Gathe for everyone" is organizing a memorial in Gezi-Gathe-Park.
• Protest in Cyprus against threatened extradition of Kurdish politician to Germany 

  Activists protested in front of the Supreme Court of Cyprus against the decision to extradite Kurdish activist Kenan Ayaz to Germany.
• HDP: The Kobani trial is a pretext to close the HDP and carry out systematic criminalisation 

  HDP stated that the Kobani case is closely linked with the closure case filed against the HDP, for which it serves as a pretext.