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• Remembering 'Orso' by helping the Rojava Women's Foundation 

  Lorenzo 'Orso' fought in the Rojava Revolution, side by side with the YPG and YPJ and fell martyr in Baghouz, Deir Ezzor, on 18 March, as a result of an ambush by DAESH.
• Italian woman who joined the YPJ put under special surveillance 

  Maria Edgarda Marcucci, Eddi, fought with the Kurdish YPJ in defense of the canton of Afrin in 2018 which was attacked and then occupied by Turkey and its mercenaries.
• HDP call for alternative Newroz: Let's celebrate on the balconies 

  The Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) called on people to celebrate Newroz in an alternative way this year, given the coronavirus outbreak emergency.
• Turkish Minister of Health announces first death from coronavirus 

  A total of 98 coronavirus infections have been confirmed in Turkey.
• KCDK-E establishes health committee over Corona pandemic 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation KCDK-E has postponed all planned events initially by one month due to the Corona pandemic. After that, a new assessment of the situation is to take place.
• EU hopes to have a vaccine on the market before autumn 

  There is as yet no vaccine against the novel strain of coronavirus that emerged in China last year and has in recent weeks become a fast-moving pandemic across 145 countries and territories.
• German MP Jelpke: There should be no new deal with Erdoğan 

  Turkey wants a new edition of the refugee agreement with the EU. But a new deal with the "megalomaniac ruler" would be the absolute low point of European refugee policy, says German left-wing politician Ulla Jelpke.
• Three people including a lawyer jailed in Urfa 

  Of the 20 people who were detained in Urfa, three have been remanded in custody.
• More summaries against HDP deputies 

  Summaries have been prepared demanding the lifting of parliamentary immunities for 7 deputies of the HDP and 1 of the AKP.
• Sancar: Government not addressing coronavirus crisis properly 

  "Considering what the government has done and said so far, we see that the emergency and risk were not properly addressed. A response was not well prepared, planned," says HDP co-chair Sancar.
• Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers apply to visit their client in Imrali 

  Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to meet with their clients.
• Tuşba trustee constantly harassing HDP council members 

  Trustee Salih Akman, who was appointed by the AKP to replace HDP Tuşba mayor has invented a new office and occupied a room used by HDP councillors.
• Kurds set up Coronavirus Crisis Desk in Berlin 

  The Crisis Desk aims at urgently supporting those who have difficulties related to the virus, such as financial and moral problems.
• Revenge Unit claims responsibility for luxury vehicle set on fire 

  A luxury vehicle belonging to a member of the racist MHP party was set on fire in Istanbul on Sunday.
• Belfast City Council approves important COVID19 measures 

  "These measures will form part of efforts to slow down and minimise the spread of COVID19 in Belfast."
• Belgium suspects Turkey firm of fraud: 5 million masks missing! 

  Belgium Minister of Health Maggie De Block said the Turkish company which was to deliver masks to Belgium by Sunday evening is under investigation for fraud.
• Five detained in Tehran over "aubergines rain" video 

  State news agency Irna said that Iranian police have arrested five people over a video showing aubergines falling from the sky in front of a Tehran landmark.
• People infected with coronavirus in Turkey increases to 47 

  The Turkish government has announced that they have detected 29 new cases of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
• HDP commemorates victims of Halabja and Beyazıt 

  HDP commemorated the victims of Halabja and Beyazıt massacres and stressed that the struggle for freedom cannot be destroyed even by mass murder.
• All assembly venues closed in Turkey with 18 coronavirus cases 

  The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Turkey has risen to 18.
• Zülküf Gezen remembered at his grave 

  One year ago Zülküf Gezen took his own life in Tekirdağ prison in protest against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan. He was remembered at his grave in Amed today.
• HDP: Refugees are under great threat due to coronavirus outbreak 

  The HDP said that refugees on the border are under great threat due to coronavirus and called for urgent measures to be taken.
• Commander Çiyager Hêvî commemorated in Switzerland 

  Çiyager Hêvî, one of the commanders of the Self-Administration Resistance in Sur, was commemorated with an event held in the Canton of St.Gallen, Switzerland.
• Action for Grup Yorum members on death fast 

  Grup Yorum and Solidarity with Prisoners Association spoke about Grup Yorum members in Ibrahim Gökçek and Helin Bölek in front of the hospital where they were forcibly taken. "If something happens to the artists "the AKP will be held responsible."
• Coronavirus: Latest from Iran, Iraq and Southern Kurdistan 

  More coronavirus infections are reported from Iran, Iraq and Southern Kurdistan (Bashur).