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• Demonstration in Zurich against Turkish attacks on Kurdistan 

  In Zurich hundreds of people demonstrated against the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan and the targeted massacres of women.
• Memorial for MLKP/FESK fighter Sinan Güneş 

  A commemoration event was organised for Sinan Güneş in Stuttgart. The MLKP/FESK fighter belonged to an internationalist guerrilla unit and died in a Turkish air attack in the province of Kars at the end of April.
• Webinar: “Öcalan and Women’s Liberation” 

  The imprisoned Kurdish political leader and thinker Abdullah Öcalan has played a historic role in the development of the Kurdish women's movement.
• Demo in Stuttgart against the fascist attack in Vienna 

  "Woman, Life, Freedom" (Jin Jiyan Azadi) and "Long live international solidarity" chanted the demonstrators as they called for a united struggle against fascism and nationalism.
• Call for protests: “Everywhere Kurdistan, everywhere resistance" 

  The Germany-wide Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED calls for protests against the Turkish war policy under the motto "Everywhere is Kurdistan, everywhere is resistance".
• Kurdish youth in France protest against Turkey’s attacks 

  “Fascism will be buried in Kurdistan,” said the activists.
• #RiseUp4Rojava:Solidarity with the antifascist struggle in Vienna 

  "The attacks in Vienna are not primarily caused by a few confused Turkish young people; they are part of the Turkish state terror against the Women’s Movement, against Kurds, and all those who show solidarity with them", says #RiseUp4Rojava.
• Anti-fascist rally in Vienna amid increasing nationalist attacks 

  In front of the left centre EKH in Vienna an anti-fascist rally has taken place to demonstrate against the aggressions and attacks of Turkish nationalist and Islamist groups, which are becoming more and more frequent.
• Iraq: Turkish violations a breach of international conventions 

  The Iraqi Presidency said that the Turkish violations of Iraqi airspace are a clear breach of international norms and conventions.
• Families apply once again to go to Imralı 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imralı applied once again for a visit to their relatives.
• 13 militiamen arrested over attacks on US facilities in Iraq 

  For the first time in Iraq, pro-Iranian fighters were arrested for involvement in missile attacks on US installations.
• 'Justice Vigil’ for lawyers on death fast 

  Ebru Timtik's uncle Yıldırım Demir said that they do not want to sacrifice their children to injustice.
• Demos throughout Europe protest Turkish attacks 

  The massacre carried out by the Turkish state in the village of Helîncê in Kobanê and the fascist attack in Vienna were protested by actions in many cities.
• HDP co-mayors of İkiköprü town in Batman jailed 

  While the co-mayors and accountant of HDP-run municipality in Batman’s İkiköprü town were imprisoned, 21 people were released on condition of judicial control.
• Eight years of vigil for Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  For exactly eight years a permanent vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan has been taking place in Strasbourg. A rally has been held to mark the anniversary today.
• Hunger strikes in Turkish prisons 

  Political prisoners in Mardin and Urfa went on an indefinite hunger strike against the unbearable conditions of detention.
• Revenge Unit destroys 8 vehicles, including two trucks 

  Martyr Helmet-Martyr Arin Mirkan Revenge Unit said that they destroyed 8 vehicles, including two trucks.
• Activists take to the streets in Switzerland against Turkey 

  The attack carried out by the Turkish state on the village of Helîncê in Kobanê as a result of which three women lost their life, was protested in Switzerland.
• Demos in Duisburg, Cologne and Den Haag protest Turkish attacks 

  Activists in Duisburg, Cologne and Den Haag protested the massacres carried out by the Turkish state.
• Activists in Sweden protest Turkish attack targeting women 

  The attack carried out by the Turkish state in the village of Helîncê, in Kobanê on Tuesday evening as a result of which 3 women lost their lives, was protested in Sweden.
• Memorial in Florence for YPG fighter Lorenzo Orsetti 

  All revolutionary martyrs were commemorated as well as Piling, who fought against ISIS and the AKP fascist mentality in Rojava.
• Protest in Sydney: Turkey’s attacks target the whole of Kurdistan 

  Crowds demonstrated in Sydney against Turkey’s attacks which -they said- targeted the whole of Kurdistan.
• ILO warns of COVID-19 migrant ‘crisis within a crisis’ 

  Policies need to be put in place to protect stranded migrant workers and to ensure the reintegration of those who return to their home countries, says the International Labour Organization.
• Kurdish organisations call for protests over Kobanê massacre 

  Women's organisations and Kurdish umbrella organisations call for broad protests against the deadly drone attack by the Turkish state that killed three women in Kobanê at 6 pm yesterday.
• Turkish government seizes another HDP-run municipality 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue unabated.