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• EU calls for the release of Osman Kavala 

  "Having attended the opening of the trial, the EU will continue to closely monitor this case as well as trials against journalists, members of parliament, human rights defenders, lawyers and academics with the highest level of scrutiny."
• KCDK-E took over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil is the longest civil society action in Europe.
• US to Turkey: No F-35 for you if you buy S-400s 

  Erdogan said the S-400 systems would start being delivered in the first week of July despite disapproval from the NATO and the US.
• French Senator to Foreign Minister: Turkey finances terrorism 

  CPF member Senator Laurence Cohen said: “About the funding of terrorism issue, it bears repeating that ISIS sold its oil through the Turkish border, not the Kurdish controlled region.”
• Kavala to stay in prison while Aksakoğlu is freed in Gezi trial 

  The first hearing of the Gezi Resistance trial ended with the Court ruling to release civil society activist Yiğit Aksakoğlu, while businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala remains in jail.
• Migrants tragedy: 10 dead in Edirne crash 

  Ten people have died and 30 were injured when a vehicle carrying migrants crashed in Edirne, northwestern Turkey.
• Armored vehicle hit in Cizre 

  An action was carried out against an armored vehicle in the neighborhood of Yafes in Cizre.
• Don't criminalise solidarity!  

  An event to oppose new powers to prosecute returnees from designated overseas areas will take place on Friday in London.
• YBŞ, YJŞ fighters helped people to extinguish fires in Shengal 

  YBŞ, YJŞ fighters helped people to extinguish fires in Shengal.
• Kurds arrested in Germany 

  Police raided several houses in Germany on Tuesday and detained at least two Kurds.
• UK trade union UNITE discussed Freedom for Öcalan  

  A meeting to talk about the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign will take place at UNITE Rules Conference in Brighton.
• HDP's Temelli: Let's engage in politics everywhere 

  HDP Co-chair Sezai Temelli attended the Aegean Regional Conference organised by his party.
• Clashes and bombings continue in Hama 

  Clashes and bombings continue in Hama and Latakia. Fighter jets bombed the Teftenaz military airport in the morning.
• Australian government takes back 8 children from ISIS families 

  The Australian government has taken back 8 children from ISIS member families following the official procedures with the Northern and Eastern Syrian Autonomous Administration.
• Protest against AKP-KDP partnership in Adygea  

  Kurdish women in Adygea condemned the invading Turkish state’s attacks against southern Kurdistan.
• Time to De-list the PKK: A conference in London 

  Panel in London discussed how to strengthen the legal and political means of the international campaign to de-list the PKK.
• Öcalan's lawyers applied to Bursa Prosecutor for a new visit 

  Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan made a new application to Bursa Prosecutor to visit their client.
• Tribute to YPG martyr Lorenzo Orsetti in Florence 

  In Florence, a commemoration ceremony for the YPG martyr Lorenzo Orsetti has taken place.
• Seven HDP Youth Assembly members jailed in Adana 

  Seven out of 33 young people taken into custody during the political genocide operations in Adana were remanded in custody.
• HDP's Günay Kubilay: Is time to talk with Mr. Öcalan 

  HDP spokesperson Günay Kubilay held a press conference to evaluate the election results.
• KESK: Istanbul election has shaken the one-man regime 

  KESK Central Executive Board commented on the re-run of the Istanbul elections and said that the heavy defeat of the regime candidate has shaken the one-man regime.
• Government of Ethiopia denounced failed coup attempt 

  Official spokespersons of the Government of Ethiopia reported this Sunday a failed coup attempt.
• Kavala on Gezi trial: Hundreds of thousands protested peacefully 

  Osman Kavala and 15 other suspects are on trial in the first hearing of the Gezi case.
• Trump "temporarily" suspends deportation of undocumented migrants 

  U.S. president Donald Trump, announced the temporary suspension of the massive deportation of undocumented migrants as from Sunday.
• KCK: Let us strengthen the democratic alliance 

  KCK said the alliance manifest in the HDP was very important in the Istanbul elections and called on the Kurdish people and all forces of democracy to grow and strengthen the democratic alliance and raise the struggle for democratization in Turkey.