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• Izmir Labor and Democracy Forces and Alevi institutions call on everyone to be in Sivas on 2 July 

  The Izmir Labor and Democracy Forces and Alevi institutions issued a statement on the 30th anniversary of the Madımak Massacre and called on everybody to be in Sivas tomorrow, 2 July "against the statute of limitations".
• HBDH militia set fire to police post in Silopi 

  The People's United Revolutionary Movement (HBDH) Martyr Helmet Militia set fire to a police post in the Silopi district of Sirnak province to protest the isolation of Öcalan.
• Survivors of shipwreck in Greece: They didn't want to rescue us! 

  Survivors of the shipwreck which caused hundreds of refugees to get lost in Greece, said that the Greek coast guard did not want to rescue them.
• Suburban revolt in France spreads to dozens of cities 

  The riot that started after the killing of a 17-year-old boy by the police in France escalated on the third night. Municipalities, public transportation vehicles, shops, cars and schools were set on fire and at least 667 people were detained.
• Turkey ranks 147th out of 163 countries in Global Peace Index 

  Turkey remains the least peaceful country in the region and is the only European country ranked outside the top half of the Global Peace Index by the Institute for Economics and Peace. This is the least peaceful Turkey has been since 2018.
• KESK: Raise in public workers' salary will disappear before reaching their pockets  

  KESK co-chair Şükran Kablan Yeşil said that the raise in public workers' salary expected to be made in July will “disappear before reaching their pockets.”
• People in Zurich protest Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria 

  AVEG-KON representative Metin Yılmaz made a call to increase the organized struggle to defend the Rojava Revolution against fascism and occupation.
• KCDK-E message on the Feast of Sacrifice 

  KCDK-E published a message of greetings on the occasion of the Feast of Sacrifice, wishing that this holiday will further strengthen solidarity and promote the concept of sharing.
• Lawyer Muğuç: Isolation started with denial of Kurds 

  Muhittin Muğuç, an executive member of the Association of Lawyers for Freedom, said that the Kurds have been subjected to isolation since the foundation of the republic.
• Two meetings and screenings about Kurdistan in Galicia 

  The group Baran Galicia will organize two meetings and screenings about Kurdistan in Santiago de Compostela and Vigo.
• Kurds and Baluchis demonstrate in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva 

  Kurdish and Baloch activists demonstrated together for their rights in front of the UN building in Geneva.
• 4 Armenian soldiers killed in Nagorno Karabakh 

  It is reported that four Armenian soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
• Condemnation of Turkish attacks against Rojava growing 

  Trade unions, deputies and groups condemned the Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Charges against former Cologne councilor dropped in Turkey 

  The Turkish judiciary ended the "terror" proceedings against the former Cologne city councilor and member of the state parliament Hamide Akbayir. The allegations that the 64-year-old was a member of a "terrorist organization" were dropped.
• YPS sets fire to 8 vehicles in Antalya to protest isolation  

  The Martyr Delal Amed YPS Retaliation Team claimed responsibility for the setting on fire of 8 vehicles belonging to "collaborators of the fascist regime" in Antalya to protest the torture system in Imrali prison.
• HDP and Green Left Party issue joint message to mark Feast of Sacrifice 

  The HDP and the Green Left Party issued a joint message on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice).
• Journalist Merdan Yanardag detained after criticizing the isolation of Öcalan 

  TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardag was detained for criticizing the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• French Democratic Kurdish Council goes to congress in Paris 

  The French Democratic Kurdish Council (CDK-F), the umbrella organization of Kurdish associations and institutions in France, held its 10th congress in Paris.
• Activists in Toronto protest Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria 

  Activists in Toronto condemned the murder of Yusra Darwish, Lîman Shiwesh and Firat Tuma.
• Associations and groups in the Spanish state condemn Turkish attacks against Rojava 

  Associations, unions and groups in the Spanish state condemn Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• KON-MED holds its 3rd congress in Bergisch Gladbach 

  KON-MED held its 3rd congress in Bergisch Gladbach, focusing on the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the lifting of the ban on the PKK. Emine Ruken Akça and Kerem Gök were elected new co-chairs.
• DBP holds 5th extraordinary congress, re-elects Saliha Aydeniz and Keskin Bayındır as co-chairs 

  Kurdish politicians Saliha Aydeniz and Keskin Bayındır have been re-elected as the co-chairs of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) at an extraordinary congress in Ankara.
• LAB, CIG y Solidaridad Obrera condemn Turkish attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria 

  Basque, Galician and Spanish trade unions condemned the Turkish attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Demo in Hamburg calls for immediate release of Kenan Ayaz extradited from Cyprus 

  Demonstrators in Hamburg expressed solidarity with Kenan Ayaz who has been in pre-trial detention in Hamburg since the beginning of June following his extradition from Cyprus.
• The ‘Little Bazaar’ of poverty 

  In the neighbourhood known as the "Little Bazaar" behind the Süleymaniye Complex in Istanbul, people live in great poverty. The majority Kurdish population that arrived in the 1990s is now supplemented by immigrants without status.