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• Co-chair of DEM Party Batman Provincial Organisation detained 

  Mustafa Mesut Tekik, co-chair of DEM Party Batman Provincial Organisation, was detained after a raid on his house.
• European Left Party condemns raids on Kurdish media outlets in Belgium, demanding accountability 

  The European Left Party demanded a thorough explanation and accountability from the Belgian authorities regarding the raids on the Kurdish media.
• Karavanagh: Abdullah Öcalan gives hope to people 

  Paul Karavanagh, one of the directors of the Martin Mc Guinnes Paece Foundation, said that Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's mind is not in prison. "He leads with his writings and teachings. It gives hope.”
• Trade unions say they wont recognize governor ban of Taksim Square for 1 May celebration 

  After the governorship banned Taksim on 1 May, trade unions went to Taksim Square and announced that they did not recognize the decision.
• Activists on vigil in Geneva condemn attacks against Kurds 

  During the action organised in Geneva for more than three years to demand the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, activists condemned the police operation against Kurdish TV studios in Belgium and Kurdish association in France.
• Armenian Genocide: Grand commemoration in Yerevan 

  The 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide was gloriously commemorated in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
• Police storm DEM Party building in Batman 

  The building of the DEM Party's Batman Provincial Organisation was raided by Turkish police.
• DEM Party calls for confrontation with the Armenian Genocide 

  DEM Party Central Executive Committee commemorated the victims of the Armenian Genocide that took place 109 years ago and called on the Turkish state to face the genocide.
• 109 years ago, the Armenian Genocide 

  Today Armenians all over the world commemorate the 109th anniversary of the April 1915 Genocide.
• Lawyer Lesage: Attitude towards Kurdish television political, not legal 

  French lawyer Etienne Lesage said that "the police raid on a media outlet whose doors are open to everyone and who wants to express themselves freely is extremely worrying in terms of the rule of law and democracy."
• Activists in Stockholm protest raid on Sterk TV and Medya Haber 

  The police raid on Sterk TV and Medya Haber was protested in Stockholm.
• Attacks on Kurdish Free Press protested in Europe 

  People took to the streets in many European cities to protest the state terrorism against Free Press workers and the Kurdish media.
• Mesopotamia Platform of Religions and Beliefs: Medya Haber and Stêrk TV are our voice 

  "Medya Haber and Stêrk TV are the voices of Yazidis, Democratic Islam, Alevi faith, women, peoples and the people of four parts of Kurdistan," said the Mesopotamia Platform of Religions and Beliefs and called for an end to attacks against Kurdish press.
• Demo in front of the Embassy of Belgium in London denounces police operation against Kurdish press 

  Kurds gathered in front of the Embassy of Belgium in London to protest the raids against Stêrk TV and Medya Haber TV.
• MEP Villumsen: Erdoğan’s oppression has no place in the EU! 

  Growing reactions against the Belgian police operation against Kurdish media.
• George Katsiaficas expresses solidarity with the Kurdish people against all-out attacks 

  George Katsiaficas called for a joint struggle by the Kurds and the people of the world to confront the oppressive world system now in control of world wealth.
• KNK: Turkey is exporting its anti-Kurdish war to Europe  

  KNK called on the Belgian government to prevent the Turkish state from exporting its Kurdish conflict to Belgium, to uphold both domestic and international laws and to refrain from acting lawlessly in alignment with Turkish policies.
• KCDK-E issues urgent call: Our people must take action to claim their voice and will 

  KCDK-E issued an urgent call regarding the police raid on Stêrk TV and Medya Haber TV studios in Belgium, calling on the Belgian state to immediately abandon this anti-democratic attitude.
• 'Iraqi government should take a stance against invasion attacks' 

  KCK Executive Council member Zübeyir Aydar called on the Iraqi central government to take a stance against the Turkish state's invasion attacks. KONGRA GEL co-chair Remzi Kartal added that the policy of attack would be in vain.
• Police take 6 members of Drancy Democratic Kurdish Community Center into custody 

  While the police raided Sterk TV and Medya Haber TV channels in Belgium, 6 members of the Drancy Democratic Kurdish Community Center were taken into custody in France.
• 26 cooperation agreements signed between Turkey and Iraq 

  The Turkish state signed 24 cooperation agreements in Iraq, including the "Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Field of Water" and the "Memorandum of Understanding on the Strategic Framework".
• Erdoğan meets with Iraqi officials in Baghdad after 12 years 

  Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Iraq at a time when Turkey launched a new invasion offensive in the north of the country.
• Banner in solidarity with Kurdish guerrillas displayed during a football match in Italy 

  A banner reading "Biji Guerila" (Long Live the Guerrilla) was displayed during a football match of Hic Sunt Leones team in Bologna.
• People's Bridge: Let’s unite and defend Kurdistan 

  The solidarity organization People's Bridge called for global protests against the Turkish invasion of Metina.
• KCDK-E calls for protests against Turkish invasion of Metina 

  The Kurdish European association KCDK-E is calling for protests against the Turkish invasion of the region of Metina in northern Iraq.