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• 18 people to appear in Court today after 3 days in police custody 

  The 18 people, including HDP Youth Assembly members and Democratic Modernity magazine employee Sema Korkmaz, are expected to be referred to the courthouse today.
• Birol: Our aim in Istanbul is to double the votes we got in 2018 

  HDP Istanbul co-chair Ilknur Birol said that their aim in these elections in Istanbul is to get twice the votes they got in 2018.
• Green Left Party Europe Coordination calls for mobilisation abroad to win 10 million votes 

  The Green Left Party's (YSP) election campaign coordination in Europe is appealing to all eligible voters not only to cast their vote, but also to motivate others to do so. The goal in the parliamentary elections in Turkey is ten million votes.
• Activists protesting in front of UN demand “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  Since the beginning of 2021, activists have protested the Turkish state's war against the Kurds and the freedom of Öcalan with a vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva.
• Legal organizations celebrate Lawyers' Day 

  Legal organizations dedicated the 5 April Lawyers' Day to their colleagues who are jailed and those who were killed in the February earthquake.
• Iranian border forces kill a tradesman, injure another in Oshnavieh 

  Iranian forces continue their deadly attacks in the border area.
• Baghdad and Hewlêr agree on resumption of crude oil exports from KRI to Turkey 

  After days of negotiations, Baghdad and Hewlêr have agreed on the resumption of crude oil exports from the KRI to Turkey.
• Prof. Paech: The long arm of the Erdogan regime has reached my university 

  German jurist Prof. Norman Paech condemned the rector of the University of Hamburg for not allowing the "We Want Our World Back" conference, saying; “The long arm of the Erdogan regime has reached the university, where I have been working for many years.”
• 'Abdullah Öcalan' on LED screen in front of the Turkish Consulate in New York 

  The birthday of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was celebrated in front of the Turkish Consulate with LED screens in the US cities of New York and New Jersey. An event was also held in the French city of Montpellier.
• Kırkazak: We will carry forward the flag of the HDP  

  Green Left Party executive Cahit Kırkazak said that they will carry forward the flag that HDP has brought to this day.
• Sebahat Tuncel: We will build our life 

  Politician Sebahat Tuncel, who is in Sincan Women's Closed Prison, said that it is a historical responsibility to promote an egalitarian understanding against a sexist, nationalist and religious one.
• HDP former Amed MP Baluken released from prison 

  HDP former Amed MP Idris Baluken completed his sentence and was released from Sincan Prison.
• Öcalan's birthday celebrated in Bremen 

  Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday was celebrated with an event in Bremen.
• Court in Istanbul upholds prison sentence for police who killed Berkin Elvan 

  The 1st Penal Chamber of the Istanbul Regional Court of Justice upheld the 16 years and 8 months’ prison sentence handed out to police officer Fatih Dalgalı, who killed Berkin Elvan during the Gezi Park protests.
• Voters support the Green Left Party  

  Amed co-speakers of the Green Left Party said that the people, who are not unfamiliar with election thresholds, political genocides and party closures, immediately showed support for their party.
• Women of Cherán present Öcalan with mural 

  The women of Cherán (Mexico), in direct contact with the Revolution and the women of Kurdistan, presented Öcalan with a beautiful mural that represents the union of revolutionary struggles led by women.
• Tevgera Azadî: We will continue to resist and struggle against all obstacles 

  Tevgera Azadî published a message on the occasion of 4 April, the birthday of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• CENTCOM: Senior ISIS leader responsible for planning attacks across Europe killed 

  The United States Central Command said that a senior ISIS leader responsible for planning attacks across Europe was killed in an airstrike carried out on Monday in Syria.
• Hamburg Conference organizers: We witness an attack on academic freedom and critical exchange  

  The AStA of the University of Hamburg and the Network for an Alternative Quest said in a statement that
• Police in Van take 20 people, 7 of them children, into custody 

  Some 20 people, 7 of them children, were taken into custody following house raids in the centre of Van earlier this morning.
• PJAK co-chair: “Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” revolution in Iran and Rojhilat continues 

  PJAK co-chair Siyamend Muini stated that the Jin, Jiyan, Azadî” (Woman, Life, Freedom) revolution in Iran and East Kurdistan (Rojhilat) continues, stressing that they will not allow it to be derailed.
• Call for support for the conference “We want our world back!” prevented by the University of Hamburg 

  The administration of the University of Hamburg has cancelled the rooms for the international conference "We want our world back!", organized by the AStA of the University of Hamburg in cooperation with the Network for an Alternative Quest.
• 19 people detained in Istanbul and Izmir 

  In Istanbul and Izmir, 19 people were detained early this morning, including members of the HDP Youth Council and a journalist. The detainees are accused of membership in a terrorist organisation.
• Metropolis Falcons celebrate Öcalan's birthday in Amed 

  The Metropolis Falcons celebrated the birthday of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Amed by lighting torches.
• Abdullah Öcalan's birthday celebrated in Aarau and Chur 

  Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's birthday was celebrated with events held in the Swiss cities of Aarau and Chur.