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• HDP election office attacked in Elazığ 

  As attacks on HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) continue across Turkey, the party's election office in Doğukent neighborhood of Elazığ has also been targeted late last night.
• Aysel Doğan: We will succeed 

  The KJA Coordination has visited Peace Envoy and sick prisoner Aysel Doğan. Doğan called for solidarity with Kobanê and Sinjar and election campaigning to be stepped up.
• Four civilians killed in Hasekê attack 

  The attack ISIS gangs launched against Hasekê city of Cizîrê Canton earlier today has left four civilians dead.
• MEYADER representative wounded in Ağrı provocation arrested 

  MEYADER Ağrı branch representative Cenap İlboğa who was wounded in the operation of Turkish soldiers at Tendürek area of Ağrı on 11 April has been formally arrested.
• Genoa municipality recognises Rojava as sister region 

  The Genoa municipality in Italy has accepted a motion calling for the recognition of the Democratic Autonomous Kurdish Regions in Rojava. According to this decision, the municipality will provide solidarity and humanitarian aid to Rojava.
• PYD officially at UN talks 

  UN special Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura has begun talks with Syrian opposition forces in Geneva as part of efforts to reach a solution to the crisis in the country. The PYD is attending the talks with a three person delegation.
• Forty three years ago, Deniz, Yusuf, Hüseyin 

  Forty three years ago, on 6 May 1972, Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan were hanged in Ankara.
• Operations against gangs in Kobanê and Cizîre 

  The YPG Press Office has said in a written statement that YPG/YPJ forces launched operations against ISIS gangs in the Kobanê and Cizîre (Jazireh) cantons of Rojava.
• Turkish military increases operations 

  The People’s Defence Forces, HPG Press Office has reported in a written statement that the Turkish army increasingly continues military operations.
• People prevent military operation in Tutak 

  The operation that the Turkish soldiers attempted to launch on Qertavin Mountain in the rural area of Tutak district of Agrı has been prevented by the local people who flocked to the scene.
• Ilboga, wounded in Tendürek, has been detained 

  Cenap Ilboga, the MEYADER Agri branch representative who was wounded in the operation launched by Turkish soldiers in Tendurek, Agri, has been detained after being discharged from hospital.
• Rome recognises Kobanê as a ‘sister city’ 

  The Municipality of Rome has taken the decision to recognise the Kobanê municipality as a ‘sister city’. Councillor Gianluca Peciola said the resistance and the new system they had developed were influential in the taking of this decision.
• 20 people detained on May Day formally arrested 

  20 of the 240 people who were detained during May Day demonstrations in Istanbul have been formally arrested by a court.
• Racist attack on HDP youths in Isparta 

  A nationalist and racist group attacked a group of HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) youths involved in election campaign in the western province of Isparta.
• Another attack on HDP in Osmaniye 

  As attacks on HDP members, supporters and election offices continue going unpunished in line with the ongoing provocative statements of the AKP officials, the party is facing further attacks in almost all cities and districts across Turkey every day.
• 5 Kurdish politicians arrested in Başkale 

  5 DBP and HDP executives were arrested for allegedly “obstructing political party activities”, “driving people to hatred and grudge”.
• Kürkçü: Attack on HDP in Uşak is police-backed 

  HDP İzmir MP candidate Ertuğrul Kürkçü said the attack on HDP in Uşak was carried out by not local people but an outside group backed by police.
• ‘Erdoğan's insistence on dams the same as ISIS massacres’ 

  Environmentalists have reacted to Turkish President Erdoğan's comment in Batman that he was bringing the ‘good news’ that Hasankeyf would be submerged.
• Buldan: 'Process of resolution' has come to a halt 

  HDP MP Pervin Buldan spoke at the congress of the Democratic Kurdish Community Centre in Frankfurt, calling for continuing campaigning for the elections on 7 June.
• 13 gang members killed in Kobanê and Til Hemis 

  The YPG Press Centre has reported that 13 gang members were killed in clashes yesterday in Kobanê and Til Hemis, while in Til Temir YPG/YPJ forces found the bodies of 18 gang members in search operations.
• Woman who made victory sign released 

  The woman who was detained yesterday in Batman for making a victory sign while the convoy of the Turkish President Erdoğan was passing, has been released.
• Demirtaş in Manisa and Izmir today 

  HDP Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş is to attend a solidarity lunch in Manisa today, after which he will travel to the city of Izmir.
• HDP calls for release of those detained on May Day 

  The HDP Istanbul branch has issued a statement calling for the immediate release of those who were detained during May Day demonstrations in Istanbul.
• Event for Kobanê in Brighton 

  A solidarity evening was organised in Brighton, on the south coast of England, last night, to raise funds for the building of a school in Kobanê.
• 2 people detained on May Day formally arrested 

  While the legal procedures for 234 persons detained during the May 1 demonstration in Istanbul continue, 2 people have been formally arrested by a court.