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• 15 detained in police attack on commemoration of Martyrs of May in Ankara 

  Turkish police attacked a rally of leftist organizations in Ankara for the revolutionary leader Ibrahim Kaypakkaya and the Martyrs of May. 15 people were taken into custody.
• SOHR reports new Turkish reinforcement to Idlib 

  New reinforcement sent to Taftnaz military airbase in southern Idlib.
• HDP co-chair: Government seeks to take revenge with the Kobanê trial which is a plot 

  HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar defined the Kobanê Trial as a plot case, saying, "We will save this country from this corrupt government, we have the power to do so because we take sides with the truth.”
• Confidentiality order for the file of 15 detained in MEBYA-DER investigation in Van 

  The solidarity association MEBYA-DER cares for people who have lost relatives in the Kurdish liberation struggle. Therefore, it is in the focus of the state repression in Turkey.
• Activists in Strasbourg call for unity and support for guerrilla resistance 

  The vigil launched in Strasbourg, France, against the Turkish state's invasion attacks and isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan continues.
• Second hearing of the Kobanê Trial continues 

  The second hearing of the Kobanê Trial, in which 108 people stand trial, 28 of whom are jailed pending trial, is continuing in Ankara.
• Police detain Emine Şenyaşar and her son using violence 

  Emine Şenyaşar and her son Ferit Şenyaşar were violently detained by police in Urfa.
• Wales, India, Kurdistan – An Interview with Professor Felix Padel 

  Professor Felix Padel talks about ecology, culture and self-determination in Wales, India, Kurdistan.
• Danish government to take back 19 children and 3 women from North-East Syrian camps 

  Denmark’s government said it plans to take back 19 Danish children and three of their mothers from Hol and Roj camps in North and East Syria.
• Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger activists in Toulouse protest the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger activists protested the Turkish invasion and genocide attacks with an action in Toulouse.
• 28th group takes over the hunger strike in Lavrio 

  The hunger strike in the Greek refugee camp of Lavrio in support of political prisoners in Turkey has been taken over by the 28th group.
• Kobanê trial resumes today in Ankara 

  On the second day of the Kobanê trial in Ankara, former HDP co-chair Figen Yüksekdağ described the trial as “the embodiment of the break-up operation against the HDP”. The trial continues today.
• EU-Turkey relations are at a historic low point, say MEPs 

  EU-Turkey relations have deteriorated to such an extent that the EU needs to profoundly reassess them, MEPs say in a report adopted on Wednesday.
• Activists at the Geneva vigil salute the guerrilla resistance  

  Kurdish activists continued a sit-in protest in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva protesting against the inaction of the international community in the face of Turkey's expansionist policy and the genocidal occupation attacks on Kurdistan.
• Kurds in Armenia warn against Turkish expansionism, call for unity 

  A press conference was held by Kurdish institutions in Yerevan responding to the invasion attacks and expansionist policies of the Turkish state.
• Van Governorate issues new "actions and activities ban" for 15 days  

  Van Governorate has issued a new "actions and activities ban" for 15 days.
• Activists in Cologne send 5,500 signatures to the UN demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Some 5,500 signatures were collected in Cologne and sent to the United Nations as part of the Europe-wide signature campaign demanding freedom for Öcalan.
• Police operation in Van, MEBYA-DER co-chair taken into custody 

  A number of people, including MEBYA-DER co-chair Gülistan Önver, were taken into custody this morning in Van.
• Police detain 7 in operation against Partizan members in Istanbul 

  Turkish police detained at least 7 people in house raids against Partizan members in Istanbul.
• Kobani trial: “We will not let people's will be crushed in this case of plot” 

  “There are no judges or prosecutors in this trial. Erdoğan, Bahçeli and Soylu sit in the seat of the judge, while the pro-government media and troll army sit in the seat of the prosecutor," said Demirtaş at the second hearing of Kobani trial.
• Palestine, Kurdistan and Martyrs of May 

  “We remember our fallen comrades and by saluting the Palestinian struggle. Long live internationalism! Long live the struggle in Palestine!”
• Commemoration of Ibrahim Kaypakkaya attacked by police in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, police attacked a memorial rally for Ibrahim Kaypakkaya and all revolutionaries killed in May, violently detaining at least 15 people.
• Öcalan's lawyers once again file application to visit their client 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers filed a new application to meet with their client in Imrali.
• The second hearing of Kobanê Trial continues 

  The second hearing of the Kobanê Trial, in which 108 politicians, 28 of whom in prison, are tried began.
• Second hearing of the Kobanê Trial opens, journalists kept outside 

  Before the second hearing of the Kobanê Trial began, the police closed off the area and journalists were prevented from following the hearing.