The President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Anders Knape, has expressed his concern over the ongoing mayor dismissals in the eastern and southeastern regions and said: "Insulting the voters is a threat against democracy."
AKAM President Kemal Özkiraz, who said that demography is in favor of HDP and CHP in the election system, said that the problems regarding freedoms will be reflected in the voter choice in the coming period.
DBB former Co-Mayor Selçuk Mızraklı who sent a message from Kayseri Prison where he is being held, said: "The patience of the oppressed determines the limit of the persecution of the oppressor. It is time to stand against persecution courageously."
HDP Local Governments Supervisor Deputy Co-Chair Salim Kaplan who stated that the government appoints trustees in Kurdistan because it can not win elections there, said that the trustees will remain a trauma in state memory in the future.
AKP brought the amnesty to child sexual abuse amnesty to the agenda despite the reactions. Volkan Çolakoğlu, Spokesperson of the Association for Combating Child Abuse and Neglect, said that if the amnesty is granted, the consequences will be grave.
Thirteen parties and organizations in Turkey condemn the appointment of trustees to the Kurdish municipalities and announce resistance.
Co-mayor of the Iğdır municipality seized by the Ministry of Interior last week, has been remanded in custody and sent to prison.
Another 31 people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey where 1,158 cases have been detected and 1,615 people have recovered during the past 24 hours.
Asserting that not only the thought, but also the life of Kaypakkaya should be studied, his comrade Muzaffer Oruçoğlu tells his understanding of life: "I saw this life closely. What is that life? First, it is the simplicity. Second, it is the avoidance from the urge to gain property. Third, it is solidarity."
HDP former Co-Chair Figen Yüksekdağ, stated that there is an AKP censorship in Kandıra Prison where elected politicians are held and told that the conditions of isolation is worsening.
In the Covid- 19 Monitoring Bulletin, attention was drawn to the fact that no news were recieved from İmralı Prison in March, and a call was made, stating: "Lawyer interview should be conducted as soon as possible since there is a serious concern about their health."
Women are Strong Together Initiative will carry out many protests on May 20, emphasizing 'There is no amnesty for abuse'.
The fact that 261 bodies exhumed from the Garzan Cemetery was buried beneath a sidewalk in Kilyos Cemetery in a mass grave came into light. Families and NGO representatives stated that this was the reflection of the enemy law.
Commemorating İbrahim Kaypakkaya, Hakki Karer and the Fours, the HDP Central Executive Committee made a statement saying: "The soul of İbrahim, Hakki Karer, the Four, calls us to raise the struggle and believe in the revolution."
The Diyarbakır '78s Initiative commemorated revolutionaries Ferhat Kurtay, Eşref Anyık, Mahmut Zengin and Necmi Öner, who set their bodies on fire against torture in Diyarbakir No. 5 Prison on 18 May 1982.