"Our modesty is not due to that we are afraid, but we have respect for humanity. If they have not understood this till now, I tell them to take a look at the Amed Dungeon back in 80s", said Ahmet Türk, as he reacted to the the arrest of 12 women activists in Diyarbakır.
In Güneşli Village of Hasankeyf district of Batman, the soldiers destroyed a shrine and the graves around it as they hanged Turkish flags on the trees surroinding the graveyard.
IHD reported that oppressive practices incompatible with human dignity have increased in prisons in the last 4 months.
HDP Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar has sent a letter to Iraq Kurdistan Federated Regional Government Leader Neçirvan Barzani regarding the embargo and air strikes to Mexmûr Camp.
The 70-article law on execution proposal, which will affect a total of 90 thousand prisoners, and which the opposition defines as a "veiled amnesty", was approved by the General Assembly of the Parliament.
HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar stated that that the curfew announced as part of combat against the coronavirus pandemic is contrary to the Constitution and said: “The Minister of Interior should be dismissed. He must fulfill the responsibility of his mistake. If he does not resign, he should be dismissed"
Offering 12 suggestions for the measures to be taken against coronavirus, HDP stated that the society in Turkey are almost abondened to their fate and left alone with the virus thread. HDP also stated Turkey is not transperent regarding the sharing of information.
At the eighth congress of the PYD in Rimelan, Northern Syria, the political program and amendments to the statutes were adopted. Ayşe Hiso and Enver Muslim were elected as co-chairs of the party.
A delegation of DTK, HDK, HDP and DBP members visited earthquake victims in the district of Başkale in Van.
Addressing those seeking a consensus in Sochi, Astana and America, HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancar said, “Opening the doors of İmralı to open the path leading to peace. Let's start with the Dolmabahçe Consensus. Öcalan is most absolutely going to be the light of this road."
Following the voting at the HDP Congress, Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar were elected as the new Co- Chairs of HDP.
Representatives of political parties attending the HDP 4th Grand Congress from the international area called on the government to "respect human rights", "release political prisoners" and to "knock on Imrali doors, start negotiations".
Speaking at the 4th Ordinary Congress of HDP, HDK Co-Spokesperson Sedat Şenoğlu emphasized that the peoples have come together in the congress and stressed that they are standing tall because they are standing together. DTK Co-Chair Berdan Öztürk said: "The problems can only be solved when the isolation is removed. Mr. Öcalan is the only solution."
HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan, calling on to all political parties for alliance, except AKP and MHP at the 4th Ordinary Congress of her party, said: "Not just the cities, we are coming to rule this country, and we will rule this country."
HDP Co-Chair Sezai Temelli, who will hand over the office to Mithat Sancar, said: "I was Sezai Temelli on this road that we started two years ago, thanks to you, I became Heval (Comrade) Sezai. I will continue to be at the service of this honorable and proud people."