Participating in the HDP congress, Catalan Party Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) MP Eulalia Requanti Cura, said: "Keep your hopes up, we believe you will win. The prerequisite for peace and democracy is PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
Zeynel Abidin Bulut loved journalism with the newspaper distributors he met during his imprisonment in 2009. Bulut, who was deemed worthy of an award for his news stories during this period, was once again arrested and sent to prison.
Turkish soldiers opened fire against a bus carrying refugees in the Saray district of Van. A 4-year-old boy was killed and 13 people were injured as a result of the attack.
At the HDP 5th Great Congress, Co-Chairs Pervin Buldan and Mithat Sancar were re-elected.
Showing the ways to solve all the problems in the country, especially the Kurdish Question, HDP Co-Chair Mithat Sancars aid: ”We see that the discussions about the isolation in Imrali are increasing. Do not play games over isolation.”
Stating that she was happy to be at the HDP's 5th Ordinary Congress, Anti-Capitalist Party Member of Parliament Mireille Court, who came from France said: "Encountering such a crowd despite the pressure of the Turkish government shows us the spirit of the Kurdish people."
Stating that the Kurdish Question stood before politics as a fact that cost the country 100 years, HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan said: “We are the solution power, we have more to say. We will definitely overthrow the government that produces injustice every day.”
Tens of thousands of people who came to Ankara from all over the country for the HDP's 5th Ordinary Great Congress gave the first message with the slogans "Be Serok jiyan nabe".
Filmmaker Suphi Orhan, who was abducted by unknown persons, stated that those who abducted him were not police officers, and told that he was tortured, walked around in cemeteries and had his naked photos taken.
While the gendarmerie opened fire on a group of refugees fleeing the poor conditions of the Temporary Accommodation Center in Cevdetiye Town, a group of racists chased the refugees with guns and lynched them.
Şehmuz Emen, who is held in Adana Kürkçüler Type E Closed Prison, was tortured by the guards and put naked in the cell on which water was poured. While what Emen lived was reflected in the cameras, two separate lawsuits were filed against the guards who tortured them.
Stating that the HDP congress will be the continuation of Newroz celebrated with the participation of millions in 70 cities, HDP Group Vice President Saruhan Oluç said: ”We will show that we are ready and full of energy in the upcoming period in the congress."
Families of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan and Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş held in İmralı Prison applied to the prosecutor's office and the prison directorate for a visit.
Imprisoned JINNEWS News Director Safiye Alağaş said: “The oppression will not last forever, it cannot. At some point, humanity will say a stop to it. Even though we are behind bars, we are proud to be on right side.”
Suzan Akipa, one of the 775 signatory attorneys who stated that the isolation imposed on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan is unlawful, said that Öcalan is the key to social peace, and in this sense, meetings ust be ensured in İmralı.