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• 20 years today the Good Friday Agreement was signed in Belfast 

  It’s been 20 years since the Belfast Agreement paved the way for a relatively peaceful end to the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The deal was made on Good Friday that year, April 10, 1998, and has become known since as the Good Friday Agreement.
• British union joins campaign for Abdullah Öcalan’s Freedom 

  USDAW trade union is participating in an international solidarity campaign for the first time since its establishment in the 1940s.
• HPG: 5 Turkish soldiers killed in Black Sea region 

  HPG announced that 5 Turkish soldiers were killed in an action targeting the a Turkish military unit participating in an operation in the Black Sea region.
• Lavrov: “Syria should be given control of Afrin” 

  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wants the control of Afrin to be given to Syria.
• Aerial attack against the regime in Syria:Moscow points to Israel 

  An aerial attack was carried out in the morning hours against a military base in Syria. At least 14 fighters including Iranian nationals have been reported dead.
• Switzerland bans weapons sales to 21 countries including Turkey 

  The Swiss Ministry of Economy halted weapons exports to 21 countries including Turkey.
• Suicide attack by ISIS against Iraqi forces 

  ISIS gangs have carried out a suicide attack on the military base in the Ambar province’s Hadise subdistrict.
• Mass detentions in Ankara 

  The police conducted house raids in Ankara in the early morning hours where several people were detained.
• Is it a former president or a project going to jail? 

  After a long judicial struggle, former Brazilian President Ignacio Lula da Silva has been sentenced to 12 years in prison accused of corruption.
• 'Afrin fear' in the German army 

  The German Military Intelligence (MAD) warned the German army (Bundeswehr) that it is in the cross hairs of radical left-wing groups due to the Turkish offensive on Afrin.
• Thousands demonstrate in Aleppo for the freedom of Ocalan 

  At a demonstration in Aleppo for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan, thousands also protested against the attacks of the Turkish state.
• ISIS kills three civilians in Kirkuk 

  The Islamic State has killed three people near the district of Dibis in Kirkuk governorate.
• Boycott action at Los Angeles international airport for Afrin 

  A group protested against Turkey’s attacks against Afrin in Los Angeles, United States.
• ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ demonstration in Hamburg 

  A demonstration was held in Hamburg, Germany under the lead of Jinên Ciwanên Azad, demanding freedom for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Call to boycott Turkish tourism and goods 

  Kurds protesting against the Turkish invasion of Afrin in the Italian city of Pavia called for a boycott of Turkish goods.
• Hunger strike in front of the UN ends 

  The hunger strike launched in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva in protest at the silence of the UN on the invasion of Afrin by the Turkish state and FSA gangs, has ended on its 20th day.
• Ahmet Türk: Turkey isolates both Kurds and Mr. Öcalan 

  "The main aim of the State is to carry out policies oppressing Kurds. Kurds are put back into discipline if they ask for their rights", said Kurdish politician Ahmet Türk.
• Turkey’s Erdoğan threatens France after Munster attack 

  Ignoring the fact that almost all the assailants that carried out terrorist attacks in Europe so far came to Europe through Turkey, Erdoğan continued his threats against western countries.
• NGOs against German arms trade with Turkey 

  More than a hundred NGOs decided to monitor the Berlin government's green light to arms trade and set up an International Information Network called "Global Net - Stop the Arms trade".
• Jaafari: “Ankara needs to withdraw their soldiers from Afrin” 

  Permanent Representative of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari stated that they are hoping that the triple mechanism made up of Russia, Iran and Turkey will pressure Turkey to withdraw their military units.
• Kurdish officials: Is Germany a state of law or a police state? 

  German police conducted a raid on the Democratic Kurdish Society Center in Hannover on Thursday. Kurdish officials condemned the raid and the German government’s criminal cooperation with the Turkish state.
• German police confiscate materials in ongoing raid on NAV-DEM 

  As the search of the Kurdish association NAV-DEM in Hannover continues, the police confiscated materials of the association.
• French MP to Turkish Ambassador: We stand with Kurdish insurgents 

  A commission meeting held in the French parliament and attended by Turkish Ambassador witnessed harsh criticism towards the Turkish state. A deputy from the Communist Party mentioned “barbarity” and “ethnic cleansing”.
• German police raid Kurdish association NAV-DEM in Hannover 

  German police conducted a raid on Kurdish association NAV-DEM in Hannover.
• Swiss MPs: “Turkish state commits crimes, stop weapons sales” 

  23 Swiss MPs submitted a joint inquiry, pointing out that the Turkish state is in violation of international law in Afrin, and demanded that Switzerland stop selling military equipment to Turkey urgently.