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• Iranian forces kills another kolbar  

  Iranian forces killed another kolbar on the border between Southern and Eastern Kurdistan.
• Panel about Kurdish and Amazigh people  

  Abdullah Öcalan Academy of Social Sciences organized a panel via Zoom with the participation of Kurdish and Amazigh intellectuals.
• Report from Rojava: Speaking Tour on Direct Democracy  

  The Emergency Committee for Rojava will organize a speaking tour on Rojava. The first meeting is on Saturday in Bellingham.
• 10 years in prison and release order for former Nusaybin Municipality co-mayor Kaya 

  Former co-mayor of Nusaybin Municipality, Sara Kaya, was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison, but her release was ordered in the trial celebrated after the Supreme Court's reversal of its decision.
• Female ISIS member sentenced to prison in Germany 

  In 2015, a German-Russian woman who now lives in Austria followed her husband to the ISIS pseudo-state in Syria. The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court has sentenced her to one year and nine months in prison, but she will not have to go to jail.
• X-Space: Freeing Abdullah Öcalan meeting 

  Öcalan Vigil will organize an International Twitter-Space on 9 May.
• Israeli media: Turkey approves renewal of exports to Israel 

  According to the Israeli media, Turkey’s temporary approval to resume supplies to Israel stems from a meeting in Ankara that took place yesterday between senior officials of the Turkey-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Turkey's Ministry of Trade.
• Minister of Internal Affairs says 72 people taken into custody in past few days  

  Minister of Internal Affairs Ali Yerlikaya announced that 72 people were detained in house raids carried out in recent days.
• Prof. Miley: The CPT should take immediate action to provide information about Öcalan 

  Prof. Jeffrey Miley said that the CPT should take immediate action to provide information about Abdullah Öcalan's health.
• Second attack targeting DEM Party office in Birecik 

  Second attack targeted the district building of the DEM Party in Birecik.
• TCŞ members in Hamburg protest Imrali isolation 

  TCŞ members exposed the system of isolation, torture and genocide against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan at a stand they opened on a busy street in Hamburg.
• DBP meeting final declaration: Abdullah Öcalan is the subject of peace 

  In the final declaration of the DBP PM meeting, it was noted that the peoples once again expressed that the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan, whose mission is to establish peace, should be lifted as soon as possible.
• Activists on vigil in Geneva protest the isolation of Öcalan and attacks on Kurdistan 

  In the ongoing demonstration for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in Geneva, activists protested the İmralı isolation and occupation attacks and commemorated the martyrs who fell in May.
• Joint letter to the CPT calls for urgent action against the isolation of Öcalan 

  MPs, trade unionists and academics in Britain wrote to the CPT, urging the institution to urgently send a delegation to İmralı Island where Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan is held in aggravated isolation.
• Co-Chair system of Rojava, an online session  

  Online session to explain the co-chair system in Rojava.
• Activists from Duisburg take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of Kurdish activists from Duisburg took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg. On the 619th week, they called for "stronger actions to break isolation."
• Man hit by police motorcycle in Amed dies 

  Gültekin Öztürk, who was hit by the police with a motorcycle in Amed's Peyas district, lost his life.
• Armed attack targets Birecik DEM Party District building 

  An armed attack was carried out on the Birecik DEM Party District building.
• Kahiloğulları: The regime cannot establish legitimacy through violence 

  The CHP's victory in the local elections has shattered the AKP's aura of invincibility. Erdoğan is no longer untouchable and will not be able to restore his legitimacy even with naked force, says Pelin Kahiloğulları (TÖP).
• Police take at least 14 people into custody in Urfa 

  Turkish police took at least 14 people into custody in raids targeting DEM Party members in Urfa and its districts in the morning.
• Woman taken into custody with her 11-month-old baby released  

  Dilan Polat Dirin, who was taken into custody in Lice with her 11-month-old baby, was released after her statement to the prosecutor's office.
• 13 politicians in Mardin sentenced to 6 years and 3 months in prison each 

  13 of 21 Kurdish politicians against whom a lawsuit was filed in relation to the self-governance process in Dêrik were sentenced to 6 years and 3 months each on the basis of "secret witness" statements.
• Temelli: An investigation committee should go to İmralı immediately 

  DEM Party Group Deputy Chairman Sezai Temelli reacted to the Ministry of Justice claim that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has not been heard from for 38 months, is enjoying his rights.
• DEM Party demands re-examination of their application on İmralı 

  DEM Party MPs stated that the Parliamentary Human Rights Investigation Commission shirked its responsibility in the application regarding İmralı and said, "Our application should be re-examined."
• 11-month-old baby detained with his mother in Amed 

  Detained in Lice, Dilan Polat Dirin had to take her 11-month-old baby to the police station to breastfeed.