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• Long March activists: The Kurdish people will frustrate all attacks 

  Pointing to Turkey’s genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people, the Long March activists said, “The Kurdish people will frustrate all attacks. This genocide and occupation will be stopped through the resistance of Kurdish youth.”
• Kurdish Culture Festival calls for urgent action against the isolation of Öcalan 

  Speaking at the International Kurdish Culture Festival in Frankfurt, Kurdish politician Hatip Dicle denounced the international silence against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and called for ‘urgent action’.
• Long march for Öcalan’s freedom ends in Duisburg  

  The long march by Kurdish and internationalist activists through North Rhine-Westphalia ended with great enthusiasm in Duisburg. The participants will attend the Kurdish International Culture Festival in Frankfurt today.
• Imprisoned journalist faces disciplinary investigation over ‘victory sign’ 

  Disciplinary proceedings were initiated against imprisoned journalist Celalettin Yalçın for making the victory sign during an open meeting.
• Woman who enslaved Yazidi women and children charged with genocide in Sweden 

  Around 300 Swedes, a quarter of them women, reportedly joined the ranks of ISIS in Syria and Iraq, especially in 2013 and 2014.
• De Conca: They are silent because they are afraid of Abdullah Öcalan's ideas! 

  Stating that the İmralı isolation is a humanitarian issue, Dr Massimiliano De Conca said, “Öcalan invites us to look for an alternative to the capitalist system, to the current system in the process of collapse.”
• Activists in Paris demand freedom for Figen Yüksekdağ and Kobanê Trial prisoners 

  SKB, ZORA and TSP women members opened a solidarity information stand in Paris within the scope of the 'Freedom for Figen Yüksekdağ and the Kobane trial prisoners' campaign.
• Long March demanding freedom for Öcalan on day 4 

  The long march started by Kurdish youth and internationalist youth in Germany demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continued on the fourth day.
• Kurdish refugee Selahattin Erkul to be extradited from Germany to Turkey 

  Kurdish refugee Selahattin Erkul was detained at the immigration office and taken to Hamburg Airport for deportation to Turkey.
• KCDK-E: Let's meet at the Kurdish Culture Festival to say no to isolation and genocide 

  The KCDK-E co-chairs spoke about the preparations for the upcoming International Kurdish Cultural Festival in Frankfurt am Main and appealed to the tens of thousands of participants expected to help ensure that the event runs smoothly.
• Norway's decision to export arms to Turkey protested in Oslo 

  Norway's decision to resume exports of defense equipment to Turkey was protested in front of parliament in Oslo by Kurds and their friends.
• Long March for Öcalan heading to Essen 

  The third day of the Long March for Öcalan ended in Dortmund with a tribute to the martyrs. Today young activists will march to Essen.
• 19 people detained in four provinces 

  Mehmet Zencir, an ‘academic for peace’, and 18 other people have been detained during house raids in the provinces of İzmir, Antalya, Kocaeli and Konya.
• Tülay Hatimoğulları: Narin was murdered by the male-dominated system  

  DEM Party Co-chair Tülay Hatimoğulları accused the Turkish government of obstructing the investigation into the murder of eight-year-old Narin Gürkan in Amed and of covering up the background to the events.
• Long march continues in Dortmund on the 3rd day 

  The long march started by Kurdish youth and internationalist youth in Bielefeld demanding freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in Dortmund on the third day.
• FED-KURD calls on everyone to attend 32nd International Kurdish Culture Festival 

  FED-KURD co-chair Menderes Canbek said that this year’s festival will be organized against cultural destruction.
• Long March for Abdullah Öcalan's freedom on its second day 

  The Long March started by Kurdish and internationalist activists in Bielefeld for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues in Hamm on its 2nd day.
• Conference at the UN: International authorities can no longer remain silent on Öcalan's isolation 

  Speaking at the conference at the UN, Kurdish politician Adem Uzun stated that a torture system is being built in İmralı and called on the UN to send a delegation to İmralı immediately.
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip rises to 41,252 

  The Health Ministry of the Hamas government announced that the number of people killed in Israeli attacks increased to 41,252.
• Second day of the Long March underway 

  The activists ended the first day of the Long March in front of Bielefeld HBF with a “Jin Jiyan Azadî” seminar in the evening. Today the young activists left from Hamm station.
• 1524 attorneys from around the world sign a petition calling for action for Öcalan 

  A petition signed by more than 1500 attorneys and legal organisations calling for an end to the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan was sent to the Turkish Ministry of Justice.
• Long March in Germany starts: Öcalan’s freedom is possible through resistance 

  The activists who started the Long March for the freedom of the Kurdish People's Leader in Bielefeld, Germany, said, “Freedom is possible through resistance.”
• Germany reintroduces border checks 

  Germany has reintroduced temporary checks at all nine of its land borders.
• ‘Days of Dialogue with Öcalan’ event in Belgium 

  A ‘Days of Dialogue with Öcalan’ event was held for the second time in Belgium as part of the “Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a Political Solution to the Kurdish Question” campaign.
• Explosion in a factory in Sakarya leaves 20 injured 

  An explosion in the Oba Makarna factory on Sunday left 20 workers injured.