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• Roma people in Mersin: We’re with the HDP 

  With less than a month to go before the general elections of 7 June the HDP has now been promised support by the Roma community in Mersin.
• Two arrested in Bulanık 

  HDP executive Faruk Balıkçı and civilian Neşat Yakın have been arrested in Uzgörür (Neynîk) town of Bulanık district of Muş for allegedly “being member of a terrorist organization” and “aiding the organization”.
• Woman and 6 children froze to death at Iranian border 

  Seven people from a group of refugees have frozen to death while trying to cross into Turkey from Iran.
• AKP accused of election fraud in Sweden 

  An article published in the Discussion Column in the Swedish newspaper Expressen, commenting on the importance of the general elections to be held on 7 June, said the AKP is engaging in electoral irregularities.
• Ayata: Voters in Europe must go to the polls 

  PKK (Kurdistan Worker's Party) Central Committee Member Muzaffer Ayata called on Kurdistan and Turkey people living in Europe to go to the polls and cast their votes for the June 7 elections.
• AKP support for ISIS documented by court 

  Striking statements made by 4 prosecutors and a military officer arrested for halting and investigating trucks belonging to MIT (Turkish intelligence) in Adana and Hatay last year have emerged.
• 11 arrested in operation against YDG-H in Amed 

  Out of 12 youths who were detained as part of an investigation against activists of the YDG-H (Movement of Patriotic Revolutionary Youth) in Amed, 11 have been remanded in custody.
• House raids and detentions in Karayazı 

  As part of the ongoing operations of political elimination against the Kurds, Turkish police carried out raids in Karayazı district of Erzurum early this morning.
• Kurdish artist Deman released 

  Kurdish singer Deniz Deman who was detained yesterday, has been released.
• 'We will not allow the Amed city to be pillaged’ 

  The Amed Ecology Assembly and the Mesopotamia Ecology Movement has issued a statement protesting the opening up of a wooded area in the city to development.
• PYD delegation meets UN Special Envoy in Geneva 

  UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura has met a delegation of the Rojava's PYD (Democratic Union Party) as part of an ongoing talks in Geneva for a political solution in Syria.
• Kurdish politician Balli detained by KDP 

  Kurdish politician Nahile Balli who has been in South Kurdistan for one year due to operations of political elimination has been taken into custody by KDP asayesh (public security) forces.
• Catholics in Mersin support HDP 

  A gathering of different communities in the multi-cultural city of Mersin, the Catholic Christians in the province have announced their support for the HDP.
• Solidarity actions with Mahabad uprising in Moscow and Marseille 

  The Kurdish institutions in Moscow held a press conference in support of the democratic protests of the people of Mahabad following the death of Ferinaz Xosrowani.
• Kurdish artist Deniz Deman detained 

  Kurdish artist Deniz Deman was detained at Khabor border gate in the scope of a lawsuit brought against her for allegedly spreading propaganda for an illegal organization at Newroz celebration in Bulanık district of Muş this year.
• Austrian politicians call for support for HDP 

  Austrian politicians have called on voters in Europe who have started going to the polls for June 7 general elections in Turkey and North Kurdistan to support the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party).
• Ferinaz protests in Serdest and Sine 

  People took to the streets in the cities of Serdest and Sine in East Kurdistan yesterday following the lessening of the repression of the regime forces in those cities.
• Coup leader Kenan Evren dies 

  The leader of the 1980 military coup in Turkey, Kenan Evren, died in hospital in Ankara yesterday. He was 97.
• Cizîre (Jazireh) -Aleppo road taken by YPG/YPJ forces 

  The international highway between Cizire and Aleppo has been taken under control by YPG/YPJ forces following fierce clashes between ISIS gangs and the resistance forces in the area around the highway 35 km west of Til Temir.
• Solidarity dinner for Kobanê in Sassuola 

  Solidarity actions with Kobanê continue in Europe. A solidarity dinner was organised in the Sassuolo district of Modena in Italy yesterday, with the participation of around 100 Kurdish and Italian people.
• Protest against Iran in Stockholm 

  There was a protest yesterday in Stockholm against the Iranian regime that has attacked Kurdish people demanding justice for Ferinaz Xosrawani.
• Swedish Left Party: The HDP must exceed the threshold 

  Swedish Left Party Foreign Affairs spokesperson Hans Linde said the ten per cent election threshold in Turkey was introduced to prevent Kurds and socialists entering parliament, adding that he hoped the HDP would exceed the threshold.
• Kurdish delegation visits 5 municipalities in Italy for Kobanê 

  A delegation from Kurdistan has held talks with various municipalities in Italy to ask for support for Kobanê town of West Kurdistan, Rojava.
• HDP election office attacked in Mersin 

  Attacks on HDP are continuing increasingly in line with the AKP officials' statements pointing the party as a target ahead of the general elections to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan on 7 June.
• YPG/YPJ take control of ISIS emplacements in Til Temir 

  YPG/YPJ forces have reportedly entered the villages of Til Mecder and Eşra to the west of Hesekê.