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• Activists from Frankfurt take over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  A group of activists from Frankfurt took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg. The action is on its 461st week.
• Turkey least compliant country with GRECO recommendations against corruption 

  Turkey didn't comply with 74.4 percent of the recommendations in 2019.
• New lawsuit against 97 students at Boğaziçi University 

  A lawsuit has been filed against 97 students who were detained during the protests against the appointment of a trustee rector to Boğaziçi University.
• Lawyers submit another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Police take five people into custody in Batman 

  Five people were detained in new political raids carried out in Batman.
• Children of Fire Initiative claims responsibility for attacks in five cities 

  Children of Fire Initiative said they set on fire on two material depots and three vehicles belonging to AKP-MHP members in five cities.
• Geoffrey Shears: The HDP is ‘hope incarnate’ in Turkey 

  Geoffrey Shears said that 'the HDP is ‘hope incarnate’ in Turkey.'
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign writes to UK Foreign Secretary about the HDP 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign has sent an open letter to UK Foreign Secretary, Rt. Hon. Dominic Raab MP, in support of the HDP.
• NAV-BEL denies Kurdish involvement in Liege clash 

  Violent clashes have occurred in Liège in which one person was shot dead. The umbrella organization NAV-BEL denies the account that one of the parties to the conflict was Kurdish.
• OSCE concerned by recent developments in Turkey 

  Troubled by recent developments in Turkey, OSCE PA human rights leaders stress importance of respect for democratic principles.
• Hunger strike in Turkey’s prisons on day 143 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 143rd day. The solidarity action launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 122 days and in Greece for 105 days.
• Kurdish activists in Cologne send letters for Öcalan's freedom to UN 

  In Cologne, Kurds have sent letters to UN Secretary General António Guterres in a collective action to call on the United Nations to act for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and a just peace in Turkey.
• 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ webinar held in Australia 

  Peter Boyle, Rojava Solidarity Sydney, reports about a webinar in Australia organised as part of the 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan’ campaign.
• Activists in Darmstadt and Mannheim protest isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan 

  Kurdish people took to the streets in Darmstadt and Mannheim to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan. Police in Mannheim tried to prevent the demonstration.
• Prison sentences for DBP members in Aydın over Kobanê protests 

  More than six years after protests against the ISIS assault on Kobanê, 16 DBP members in the western Turkish city of Aydın have been sentenced to several years in prison on terror charges and other accusations such as "stone throwing."
• Parliament receives 22 new summaries against 10 HDP and 10 CHP deputies 

  A total of 22 new summaries prepared for 20 deputies (10 from the HDP and 10 from the CHP), were sent to the Parliament.
• Resistance of Boğaziçi academics on day 75 

  The protest vigil of the Boğaziçi University's academics marks its 75th day.
• Yazidi women in Aleppo call upon all Yazidis to unite 

  Yazidi women in Aleppo condemned the schemes against Shengal and urged Yazidis to struggle in unity and to claim their identity.
• Emine Şenyaşar’s vigil for justice on its 39th day 

  For 39 days now, Emine Şenyaşar has been sitting in front of the courthouse in Urfa demanding justice for her family members murdered by relatives and bodyguards of AKP deputy Halil Yıldız.
• Hunger strike in Turkey’s prisons on day 141 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 141st day. The solidarity action launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 120th days and in Greece for 103 days.
• German organizations join the international campaign “Freedom for Öcalan” 

  17 German civil society and political organizations have joined the campaign "The time has come: Freedom for Abdullah Ocalan towards a just peace in Turkey".
• Activists in Bielefeld demand freedom for Öcalan 

  The demonstration held in Bielefeld to protest the isolation of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and demanding his freedom, will continue today with a march.
• Third day of action for Öcalan in Cologne 

  The demonstration in Cologne demanding freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, entered its third day.
• International Initiative releases new “Let’s talk about Öcalan” video 

  The International Initiative has released a new video of the “Let’s talk about Öcalan” series.
• Ankara Public Prosecutor's Office demands to strip Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık of immunity 

  Independent Istanbul MP Ahmet Şık is to be deprived of parliamentary immunity. The reason given to this request is a statement by the parliamentarian about the protests at Boğaziçi University.