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• Racist attack on migrants results in injuries in Osmaniye 

  In Osmaniye in Turkey's Mediterranean region, a lynch mob chased a group of migrants who had fled from a detention centre. Numerous people were injured, and it is still unclear whether there are any dead.
• TJK-E activists take over Strasbourg vigil for freedom for Öcalan 

  The ten-year-long vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg is being organised this week by activists of the Kurdish Women's Movement in Europe.
• All set for tomorrow's HDP 5th Ordinary Congress  

  The preparations for the HDP 5th Ordinary Congress, which will be held tomorrow, Sunday 3 July, have been completed.
• Today marks the 29th anniversary of the Madimak Hotel massacre 

  On this day in 1993, one of the most brutal attacks against Alevites took place in Sivas.
• French journalist reacts to 'international hypocrisy' against Kurds 

  Journalist and writer Philippe de Val evaluated the agreement with Turkey at the NATO summit on French Europe 1 radio. The French journalist emphasized how the Kurds were suddenly seen as "a problem" for world peace.
• HBDH Hasret Gültekin Militia carries out sabotage action in Gebze 

  The HBDH Hasret Gültekin Militia said that they carried out a "sabotage action against a recycling facility belonging to a member of the AKP gang" in Gebze.
• Families of Öcalan and other prisoners in Imrali apply for visit 

  The family and guardian of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate to request a visit.
• Kurdish young boy Ali Baygören laid to rest in London 

  Kurdish youth Ali Baygören, who was stabbed to death in London, was laid to rest by hundreds of people.
• Police beat young man in the middle of the street in Siirt 

  A young man named Welat Inan was subjected to police violence as he was returning home from work in Siirt.
• YJA Star guerrilla Şükran Alp buried in Idil 

  YJA Star guerrilla Şükran Alp, who fell a martyr in the Turkish army's military attack on Herekol, was eventually buried.
• Muhammed Cihad Cemre sent to prison 

  Muhammed Cihad Cemre, the son of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) İstanbul MP Hüda Kaya, has been remanded in custody.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan apply to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office for a visit 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate to request a meeting with their client.
• Open letter to UK Prime Minister Johnson about Turkish war crimes and use of chemical weapons 

  Open letter to UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and to Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition, about Turkish war crimes and use of chemical weapons in Syria and Iraqi Kurdistan.
• If you want to get into NATO, you have to be anti-Kurd like it 

  Commentary by Remezan Mendayî on the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO.
• Fikret Doğan: HDP congress will be the best answer to isolation 

  HDP Van Provincial Co-Chair Fikret Doğan said that the HDP congress to be held next Sunday will be a magnificent response to isolation.
• Kurdish Society Centre condemns Swedish-Turkish cooperation against Kurds 

  The Kurdish Society Centre has condemned the Swedish-Turkish cooperation against Kurds.
• PKK: NATO gives green light to Turkey's genocide against the Kurds 

  "NATO has agreed in Madrid to support and adopt the policy of massacres and genocide carried out by the Turkish state against the Kurdish people for a hundred years," the PKK said about the NATO summit.
• Iraqi Foreign Ministry: There is no agreement between Iraq and Turkey 

  A spokesperson from the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that there is no reason for Turkey to invade Iraqi territory, saying, “Turkey has repeatedly announced reaching an agreement with Iraq, but that is not the case.”
• KCDK-E calls for closure of airspace over North and East Syria 

  KCDK-E appealed to the international powers to take a stand against the Turkish threats of attack and to close the airspace over northern and eastern Syria.
• HDP's Ceylan: The government will lose if opposition organizes properly 

  Amed Provincial Co-Chair of the HDP, Zeyyat Ceylan, said that “There is a major economic, political and social crisis. If the society and the opposition are properly organized, there is no chance that the AKP-MHP government will not go."
• Corbyn and Gavan: “Freedom for Ocalan key to peaceful resolution of Kurdish question 

  Jeremy Corbyn MP and Paul Gavan Sinn Fein MP: “Freedom for Ocalan is the key to the peaceful resolution of the Kurdish question.”
• "The Other Side of the River" wins German Film Prize 

  The documentary "The Other Side of the River" by director Antonia Kilian about the life of Hala, who leaves Manbij and her ISIS-sympathetic family to go to an Asayîş women's unit, has won the German Film Prize.
• Investigations against survivors of Suruç massacre and families of victims 

  The fight for justice will never be abandoned, relatives of the victims and injured of the 2015 ISIS massacre in Suruç declared on the occasion of investigations against them.
• Most Finns oppose concessions to Turkey for NATO membership 

  In a survey conducted in Finland before the NATO summit, 70 percent of the Finnish respondents said that If Turkey's demands were met, they would not favour NATO membership.
• French New Anti-Capitalist Party: “Let's protect Rojava and stop Erdoğan” 

  The French New Anti-Capitalist Party released a statement concerning the invasion threats of the Turkish state and said, "Let's protect Rojava, let's stop Erdoğan."