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• Demirtaş submits parliamentary questions on the arrest of HDP MPs 

  HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş has sent parliamentary questions to The Speaker of The Grand National Assembly (TBMM).
• Kurdish women denounce AKP fascism in the Bavarian Parliament 

  Kurdish women attended a series of meetings in the Bavarian Parliament and denounced AKP fascism.
• HDP: We will continue our work in the parliament 

  HDP Spokesperson Bilgen stated that they would continue their work in the parliament, saying: "We will be here for now, we will be here even if that makes you uncomfortable.”
• HDP's Yüksekdağ: I stand behind what I said 

  HDP Co-President Figen Yüksekdağ, who has been prosecuted for an interview she gave to the German newspaper Deutsche Welle, refused to make her defense against the allegations and said "We will use the freedom of speech and politics."
• PYD's Moslem to Erdoğan: Freedom for HDP members is our duty 

  PYD Co-chair Saleh Moslem spoke during a people’s meeting in London and answered Erdoğan’s “Let YPG save you now” comment on HDP MPs with: “Freedom for Demirtaş and his friends is our duty.”
• PES Delegation: We will fortify our solidarity with HDP 

  The PES Delegation protested AKP’s political genocide towards the Kurdish people and the HDP and stated that they will fortify their solidarity.
• Witness to Elçi murder, YPS member Yakışır speaks of an assassin 

  The only witness to Amed Bar Association Chair Tahir Elçi’s murder, YPS member Uğur Yakışır said that there was an assassin positioned close to the Japon passage and that he opened fire, as a result of which Yakışır was wounded himself.
• MEP Julie Ward denied access to HDP MP Leyla Birlik 

  Julie Ward, European Parliament Member from UK released a press statement after getting blocked from visiting HDP Şırnak MP Leyla Birlik in Silivri prison.
• PES delegation: Pressure against HDP unacceptable 

  Turkish security forces prevented a delegation from the Party of European Socialists that wanted to pay a visit to HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş who is jailed in Type F Prison in the western province of Edirne.
• AKP fascism protested in Gothenburg 

  Hundreds joined a demonstration in protest at the AKP fascism and in solidarity with the HDP in the Swedish city of Gothenburg yesterday.
• PES delegation denied visit to HDP Co-chair Demirtaş in Edirne 

  Turkish police prevented a delegation from the Party of European Socialists (PES) that wanted to pay a visit to HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş who is imprisoned in Edirne province.
• Thousands join the 'We will not surrender' rally in Istanbul 

  Thousands flock to the area where a rally by the Labour and Democracy Coordination will be held with the motto 'We will not surrender' in Kartal Square, Istanbul.
• Death toll in copper mine landslide in Siirt rises to 6 

  The death toll is rising in the landslide in a copper mine in Siirt’s Şirvan district.
• Dozens of PACE members call for the release of jailed HDP MPs 

  Dozens of deputies from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have condemned the arrest of HDP MPs and called for their immediate release.
• “No pasaran to fascism” rally in Berlin 

  A rally was held in the German city of Berlin yesterday with the motto “No pasaran to fascism”.
• Thousands protest the PKK ban in Hannover 

  Masses joined a demonstration in protest at the PKK ban in the German city of Hannover on Saturday.
• Demirtaş: Time to build a bridge of solidarity from Soma to Şirvan 

  HDP Co-chair sent a message, saying: “We will definitively triumph in our struggle to work and live humanely.”
• Kurdish and German youths protest AKP fascism in Leipzig 

  Kurdish and German youths protested the fascism of Turkey's AKP government in the German city of Leipzig.
• 20 Kurdish politicians jailed in Mardin 

  20 members of the Democratic Regions' Party (DBP) have been jailed in Mardin, while detainments continued in Nusaybin and Cizre.
• French elected officials protest attacks on HDP and DBP 

  Mayors, parliamentarians and senators in several European countries continue their solidarity campaigns against AKP fascism’s political genocide operations targeting elected officials from HDP and BDP.
• Kurdish Institute of Brussels: Erdoğan incited the Turkish extremists 

  Chairman of the Kurdish Institute of Brussels held the Turkish state responsible for the attack on the Institute the night before, and called on European authorities to act.
• Images from the liberated Til Semen town to the north of Raqqa 

  Wrath of Euphrates Action Room fighters liberated Til Semen town, 26 m to the North of Raqqa with a strategic importance.
• AKP obstructs Austrian parliamentarians on their way to Silivri Prison 

  Austrian parliamentarians wanted to hold a press statement in front of the Silivri Prison for the HDP MPs. Stopped by the gendarmerie, the parliamentarians read the statement on the highway and demanded Turkey face sanctions.
• AKP now targets the co-chair system 

  The Ministry of Interior Affairs declared the “co-mayor system” in the municipalities a crime and issued orders to start the administrative and legal penalty process.
• HDP: Even photographs of our Co-chairs strike fear into the government 

  HDP condemned the police operation on United Revolutionary Party Istanbul Provincial Headquarters because of a banner stating "We Will Win -No Matter What" featuring images of HDP Co-Leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ,