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• 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,
• 10 thousand people march against AKP fascism in Brussels 

  10 thousand people gathered in Belgian capital Brussels against AKP fascism yesterday and protested the pressure on HDP. The speeches in the demonstration called for resistance against fascism.
• DBP Co-chair Sebahat Tuncel kept in isolation 

  DBP Co-chair Sebahat Tuncel has been kept in solitary confinement for 13 days.
• Thousands protest the AKP fascism in Brussels 

  Kurds and democratic circles in Europe are holding a demonstration in Brussels to protest the genocidal attacks of Turkey's AKP government.
• HDP MPs meet EP President Schulz in Brussels 

  The fascism of the AKP government occupies the agenda of the European Parliament as well.
• Swiss MPs declare solidarity with HDP MPs 

  Switzerland’s Social Democratic Party, Green Party and BasTa Party MPs declared solidarity with all MPs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP).
• EP visit to Turkey postponed 

  Following the AKP fascism arresting HDP parliamentarians and journalists, an European Parliament (EP) visit to Turkey was announced to be postponed due to “disagreement on the format of the meetings”.
• Protests against the AKP government’s attacks continue in Europe 

  People of Kurdistan and their allies came together in several European cities to protest AKP fascism’s political genocide attacks and massacres against Kurdish people, and raised awareness among citizens and political parties.
• “We are concerned over the safety of HDP co-chairs and MPs” 

  HDP Urfa MP Osman Baydemir voiced the party’s concern for the safety of HDP’s arrested co-chairs, MPs and co-mayors.
• Gang leader admits handing over villages to Turkish army and allies 

  Ahrar Al-Sham gang leader stated that they receive support from Turkey and said ISIS gangs retreated from Qebasi near the Bab region under orders from Turkey.
• YPG forces in Manbij to participate in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates 

  YPG General Command announced that they have withdrawn their forces in Manbij, who will participate in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates.
• Sultan’s wolf cubs: MİT members in Shehba 

  The Turkish state under AKP control has many MİT members among the gangs in Shehba. SDF spokesperson Telal Silo spoke to ANF on the MİT members they have uncovered.
• Captured ISIS member: Turkey and ISIS made an agreement 

  Savaş Yıldız connected with ISIS/MİT said the Turkish state and gangs entering ISIS-occupied Jarablus without shooting a single bullet was a clear sign of the agreement between Turkey and ISIS.
• Visitors banned from attending the HDP group meeting in parliament 

  The political genocide against HDP continues. The government has banned visitors from attending the party’s group meeting.
• Bomb-laden vehicle of ISIS destroyed 

  SDF and YPG/YPJ forces have confiscated and destroyed two ISIS bomb-laden vehicles in Hishe village.
• Demirtaş kept with Al-Qaeda convicts and ordinary prisoners 

  HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and HDP MP Abdullah Zeydan are kept in the Edirne Type F Closed Prison in a cell on the C Block where the Al-Qaeda convicts and problematic non-political prisoners are.
• Al-Sanadid Forces join the Operation Wrath of Euphrates 

  Al-Sanadid Forces have announced their participation in the Operation Wrath of Euphrates to liberate Raqqa alongside the Wrath of Euphrates fighters.
• Balance sheet of the 'Operation Wrath of Euphrates' for 10 days 

  167 ISIS members were killed and 34 villages were liberated during the first 10 days of the 'Operation Wrath of Euphrates'.
• Lawyer Levent Pişkin detained after visiting Demirtaş in prison 

  Lawyer Levent Pişkin has been detained in Istanbul after his visit to HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş in prison last week.
• Massive rally in Cologne against AKP fascism 

  A massive rally took place in Cologne against the AKP government’s political genocide operations targeting Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) and the free press in Turkey and Kurdistan.
• 24 associations raided and sealed in Van 

  24 associations operating in Van were sealed by police officers today.
• 370 NGOs shut down 

  Interior Affairs shut down 370 non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Many of these NGOs are Kurdish associations.
• Protests continue: Kurds will topple your reign! 

  Kurdistanis abroad continue their protests against the AKP and the state’s political genocide against the HDP and the Kurdish people. In these protests, activists sent out the message that the AKP reign would soon be toppled.
• 7 parties in Sweden issue call for the release of HDP members 

  The Human Rights Group consisting of MPs from 7 political parties in the Swedish parliament issued a statement and condemned the human rights violations in Turkey and the pressure against the HDP.