Tenants from the Gontermannstrasse in Berlin Schöneberg protest in front of the district town hall Schöneberg against rising rents. Later they went to the district parliament for talks about their problems.
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Yazidi and Kurdish activists held a protest in front of the seat of the German parliament (Reichstag) in Berlin accusing the Kurdish local government in northern Iraq for attacks on the People of Shengal.
Especially they critized the German government for the delivery of weapons to the Kurdish Peshmerga Groups which are now used for the attacks.
The Yazidi recently suffered a genocide by Daesh (ISIS).
Flags of the Syrian-Kurdish groups YPG and YPJ were shown. Also flags with the Portrait of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan. The symbols of this organizations and also the Portrait of Öcalan was recently forbidden by the Federal Ministry for Interior Affairs. Police have not intervened.
Left wing and Kurdish activists rally in front of the embassy of Turkey in Berlin to speak aout against an announced speech of the Turkish Minister of Sports inside the building. The Turkish government started a highly controversely campaign through Europe for the referendum for a presidential system.
Turkish far right nationalists drive past and show the salutation of the "Grey Wolves".
Some hundreds marched in Berlin to remind the nuclear desaster in Japanese Fukushima six years ago. Caused by a Tsunami the nuclear power plant in Fukushima exploded and a meltdown happened. They also remind the desaster in then Soviet and now Ukrainian Tchernobyl.
The activists demanded a stop of the usage of nuclear power in any civil or military way.
About 200 rallied in front of the embassy of Turkey in Berlin to free detained journalist Deniz Yücel. Yücel who is a German and also a Turkish citizen was arrested in Turkey two weeks ago for charges of supporting terrorism. He is the correspondent in Turkey for the German newspaper "Die Welt". In articles he critized president recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government. He was short timed arrested for critical questions to a local governor.
Among the attending crowd were politicians from the Green Party, die Left Party and Pirate Party. Also a lot of journalists joined the protest.
The protest was organized by MP Öczan Mutlu (Greens).
