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• 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.
• Turkish poet Ahmet Telli sentenced to ten months in prison for "terror propaganda" 

  Turkish poet Ahmet Telli has been sentenced to ten months imprisonment for "terror propaganda" and the prison sentence was suspended.
• Conference of Communal Democracy Network in Naples 

  Conference of Communal Democracy Network to be held in Naples from 7 to 9 July 2023.
• Victims of Madımak pogrom commemorated: "The light of Sivas will never go out" 

  The victims of the pogrom 30 years ago were commemorated in Sivas. 35 people, mostly of the Alevi faith, were killed on 2 July 1993 when a fanatical Islamist mob marched in front of the Madımak Hotel and set it on fire.
• KCK: The victims of Sivas massacre live on in our struggle 

  Thirty years ago, the Madımak Hotel in Sivas was set on fire by a religious nationalist mob during an Alevi event, and 35 people burnt to death. KCK commemorates the victims and warns against further massacres.
• Kurdistan at the Tour de France 

  Thousands of Basque fans accompanied the Tour de France flying the Ikurrina, the Basque flag. Several banners were dedicated to Kurdistan, Palestine, the Sarhawi struggle.
• Zilan commemorated in Lavrio 

  Residents of the Lavrio Camp in Greece paid tribute to Zilan on the 27th anniversary of her martyrdom as a result of an action of self-sacrifice against Turkish soldiers.
• Yazidi woman wants to take part in ISIS trials as a witness 

  Yazidi woman Sûrî Xelef, who lost two sons in the ISIS genocide in Shengal, wants to appear as a witness at the trials in north-eastern Syria. Currently, however, there is still a lack of capacity to manage these trials without international support.
• Call to take to the streets on 8th anniversary of Suruç massacre 

  A call filled social media inviting everyone to take to the streets on 20 July, the eighth anniversary of the Suruç massacre.
• TEV-ÇAND Europe condemns Madımak Massacre  

  TEV-ÇAND Europe condemned the Madımak Massacre and paid tribute to those killed. "We reiterate our promise to further expand our culture, language and art, against the cultural genocide imposed on our people."
• Activists in Zurich call for action in support of Dağ and Er 

  The Solidarity Initiative Against the Death Penalty drew attention to the situation of Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er, who are on hunger strike in Hewler Prison and called for their demands to be met.