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• Iraq and Iran agree to establish joint border post 

  Iraq and Iran announced that they agreed to establish a joint border post.
• Activists in Saarbrücken protest isolation and threats against Öcalan 

  Activists took to the streets in Saarbrücken to protest the isolation and threats against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• KNK issues urgent call on the Council of Europe, EU and UN for ad hoc mission to Imrali  

  The KNK issued an urgent call on the Council of Europe, EU and UN for ad hoc mission to Imrali.
• Activists in Corbeil demand freedom for Öcalan 

  TCŞ and TekoJIN members gathered in the Paris suburb of Corbeil and demanded freedom for People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Temelli: Isolation in Imrali is an issue that everyone in the country should discuss 

  Sezai Temelli said the issue of the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali was quickly dropped from the agenda.
• Activists in Heilbronn protest increasing criminalization of Kurds 

  In Heilbronn there were protests against the increasing criminalization of Kurdish activists.
• Activists in Biel: Let's take to the streets for Öcalan 

  Concerns about the health and safety of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan were expressed in the action promoted by Kurdish youth movements in Biel. Activists called to mobilize for the leader.
• KCDK-E says Öcalan is receiving threatening letters, calls for urgent action 

  KCDK-E calls for enhanced struggle until clear information is provided about the condition of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, who, it said, is receiving threatening letters without a name and address.
• 80 thousand signatures demanding the recognition of Yazidi genocide submitted to Switzerland 

  80 thousand signatures were submitted to the Federal Council of Switzerland demanding the recognition of the ISIS genocide against the Yazidi community.
• HDP executive prevented from attending his mother's funeral 

  HDP executive Committee member Doğan Erbaş was prevented from attending his mother's funeral as the prosecutor's decision was not given.
• Families of Imrali prisoners apply for a visit 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• Closure of Lavrio camp: A NATO 'gift' to Erdoğan 

  Shortly before the NATO summit in Vilnius, the new right-wing government of Greece had the self-administered refugee camp Lavrio near Athens cleared. The raid is considered a "gift" from NATO to Turkey in the run-up to the summit.
• Activists in Bologna protest evacuation of Lavrio Camp 

  On Wednesday, activists from Yabasta Bologna opened a banner in Bologna at Làbas in solidarity with refugees in Lavrio Camp.
• First sentence in Sweden against Kurds after new legislation comes into force 

  In Sweden, a Kurd has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison for allegedly trying to raise money for the PKK. It is the first time someone has been convicted of attempting to fund the PKK in the Nordic country.
• Conference of Communal Democracy Network kicks off in Naples 

  The Conference of Communal Democracy Network opens today in Naples.
• KON-MED condemns the raid on Kurdish association in Heilbronn 

  KON-MED), the largest Kurdish institution in Germany, condemned the police raid on the Kurdish Community Centre in Heilbronn, defining it as “yet another effort by the police to intimidate Kurdish activists and institutions.”
• German police raid Kurdish Community Centre in Heilbronn  

  Police raided the Kurdish Community Centre in Heilbronn and the flats of the former co-chairs.
• Police raid HDP office in Istanbul 

  The HDP office in Istanbul's Esenyurt district was raided and vandalised by police.
• Solidarity action with Kurdish refugees this evening in Thessaloniki  

  An action in solidarity with Kurdish refugees in Lavrio camp will take place this evening in Thessaloniki.
• Merawdali: We can ensure the Turkish state is tried in international courts 

  Goran Movement representative Meran Merawdali said that the genocidal attacks of the Turkish state on the Kurdish people continue in all areas, and added: "We can ensure that the Turkish state is tried in international courts."
• Protest in Athens after eviction of Lavrio refugee camp 

  Shortly after the forced eviction of the self-governing Lavrio refugee camp, demonstrators marched through the Greek capital Athens protesting the attack.
• ENAG: Inflation in Turkey at over 108 per cent 

  The inflation rate in Turkey is said to have fallen slightly, according to government figures. However, the independent economic research institute ENAG sees inflation more than twice as high as stated.
• Lavrio Camp stormed, refugees forcibly evacuated by the Greek police 

  The Lavrio Camp housing Kurdish refugees near the Greek capital Athens was stormed by the police early Wednesday evening.
• Aydeniz: Our political course will be determined by the grassroots 

  Describing the discussion process after the elections, DBP Co-Chair Saliha Aydeniz said: “The demands, criticism and approach of the people in the assemblies will determine our course in the new period or strengthen and shape the existing course."
• Trade union calls for store and market employees to unite in struggle 

  Employees working in stores and chain markets in Turkey are subjected to low wages in both precarious and harsh conditions. Nebil Sarıkaya from Mağaza-Market-Sen urged the employees to unionize.