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• At least 15 people taken into custody in Istanbul 

  At least 15 people were taken into custody in house raids carried out following the 1 May demonstration in Istanbul.
• DEM Party Co-Chairs visit Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş in prison 

  After a visit to Selahattin Demirtaş in prison on Monday, DEM Party Co-Chairs said: "We will fight resolutely until the political prisoners are freed, until Turkey is democratised, until there are no more such political conspiracy trials."
• Helicopter crash in Iran: Rescuers recover nine bodies 

  The bodies have been transferred to Tabriz and funeral ceremonies will begin on Tuesday and continue the following day in the capital Tehran.
• Iranian Foreign Minister killed in helicopter crash replaced by Ali Bageri 

  Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahiyan, who died along with President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash on Sunday, was replaced by Ali Bageri.
• Dead body of Iranian President recovered after fatal helicopter crash 

  Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a fatal helicopter crash on Sunday and the wreckage of the helicopter was found by rescue teams on Monday morning.
• Iranian president and foreign minister died in helicopter crash, confirms state media 

  Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi and foreign minister Hossein Amir-abdollahian were confirmed dead by state media after a helicopter went down in mountains close to the Azerbaijan border.
• Federal Court session on Barzani's objection postponed 

  The Supreme Federal Court in Baghdad postponed the hearing on Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani's objection to the distribution of seats in the parliament.
• Prisoner Ilhan released from jail after 30 years 

  Şehmuz Ilhan has been in prison for 30 years. He was released on Saturday.
• European politicians protest Turkey for Kobanê case sentence 

  Reactions poured in from European representatives to Turkey regarding the results of the Kobanê case.
• 18 people sent to prison in Istanbul, Manisa and Izmir 

  18 people were sent to prison in Istanbul, Manisa and Izmir.
• Escalating oppression of Kurds in France discussed in Paris 

  At a conference organised in France, the escalating pressure against Kurds was evaluated by lawyers. Lawyer Antoine Comte said that the French judge intervened in Belgium in exchange for information provided by Turkey on ISIS.
• Kobanê Conspiracy Case: There can be no such thing as ‘aiding’ the offence of an abstract danger 

  The lawyers of the Kobanê Conspiracy Case emphasised that the verdict is political, pointing out that the sentences given under Article 302 point to the offence of an abstract danger, and that there can be no question of aiding this.
• Erdoğan sets murderers and coup plotters free 

  While astronomical sentences of hundreds of years were announced in the Kobanê Trial, Erdoğan pardoned the father of an AKP member who murdered soldiers, and two observers convicted in the 28 February trial.
• Figen Yüksekdag: We will win by resisting 

  Figen Yüksekdağ, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison in the Kobanê Trial, said: "Until today, they have not been able to bring us to our knees. We will win by resisting."
• EUTCC: Verdict in Kobanê trial is ignoring European rulings 

  The EUTCC said in a statement that the verdict in the Kobanê trial is "ignoring European rulings.
• Tuncel: We will continue to strengthen our fight for freedom, peace and democracy 

  Gültan Kışanak, Ayla Akat Ata, Meryem Adıbelli, Ayşe Yağcı and Sebahat Tuncel are free again. But they don't really feel free.
• Prisoner Yavuz released after 30 years in jail 

  Yılmaz Yavuz was held in prison for 30 years. He was released from Izmir Şakran Prison on Friday.
• Gültan Kışanak: We need freedom not release decisions 

  Gültan Kışanak, one of those released in the Kobanê Case, said after leaving prison: "We want to live in a country where women, people, beliefs are free, and identities and languages are not a problem."
• Urgent call from the DEM Party regarding the unlawful verdicts in the Kobanê Case 

  The DEM Party urgently call on "all individuals and organisations that stand for human rights and fundamental democratic values to denounce the unlawful decisions of the Kobanê Case".
• DEM Party co-chairs: We don't recognize the Kobanê Case sentence 

  DEM Party co-chairs Tuncer Bakırhan and Tülay Hatimoğulları condemned the sentence and punishment of politicians at the Kobanê Case, underlined that they did not recognize this sentence.
• Vigil in Strasbourg: 'We are here for the freedom of our leader' 

  The vigil for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, which has been taking place in Strasbourg for 12 years, continues with a new group in its 620th week.
• 10 Kurds detained in Paris 

  In Paris, 10 more people were detained in house raids targeting Kurds.
• Lawyer Demir: CPT has become a part of isolation 

  Reacting to the statement of the Ministry of Justice that "there is no isolation", lawyer Cemal Demir stated that the statements of the government are scandalous and emphasised that the CPT is also a part of the isolation in İmrali Prison.
• DEM Party to hold an extraordinary meeting today 

  DEM Party said "We will overthrow your conspiracies" regarding the verdicts in the Kobanê Case. The party decided to convene extraordinarily.
• Court announces verdict in Kobanê Trial 

  The court is announcing the verdict in the Kobanê Trial against 108 politicians.