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• Ten cases of cholera detected in Sulaymaniyah region 

  Ten cholera cases were detected in the Sulaymaniyah region in South Kurdistan, and one cholera case was detected in Kirkuk.
• After killing of Kurdish youth in North London, hundreds march to police station 

  Ali Baygören, 17, was stabbed to death while leaving his home in Tottenham, North London.
• KNK diplomacy commission announces events to mark 100th anniversary of Treaty of Lausanne 

  The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) diplomacy commission convened in Brussels announced that they will hold a series of events to mark the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne. The KNK also called for unity against the invasion attacks.
• "Defend Kurdistan" campaign calls for large-scale demonstration in Düsseldorf next Saturday 

  The "Defend Kurdistan" campaign is calling for a large-scale demonstration in Düsseldorf next Saturday. "Defending Kurdistan means defending the revolution!" is the slogan.
• "Ten Years of Rojava Revolution" event in Zurich 

  A series of events on the topic of "Ten Years of the Rojava Revolution" is taking place in Switzerland. In Zurich, doctors Maja Hess and Michael Wilk reported on health care under war conditions in north-east Syria.
• Iraqi MP calls on government and parliament to act against Turkish attacks 

  Remarking that the Turkish state took advantage of Baghdad’s silence, MP Xaşan called upon the Iraqi government and parliament to respond to Turkey’s attacks.
• People in Hannover protest Turkish state's drone attack on Shengal 

  The Turkish state's drone attack on Shengal, which resulted in the murder of a child and his grandfather, was protested in Hannover.
• HDP Youth Assembly member Serhat Irlan taken into custody in Izmir 

  HDP Youth Assembly member Serhat Irlan was taken into custody in Izmir.
• HDP member Deniz Poyraz murdered in İzmir one year ago commemorated 

  On 17 June 2021, HDP member Deniz Poyraz was murdered in a racist attack on the party headquarters in Izmir. On the first anniversary of her death, the Kurdish woman was remembered throughout the country.
• Protest in Aarau against Turkish attacks on Shengal 

  Activists gathered in the Swiss city of Aarau to protest against the Turkish attacks on the Yazidi region of Shengal in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq).
• Film screening in Berlin on ten years of revolution in north-east Syria 

  The documentary film "Roza - Country of two rivers" was shown in Berlin to kick off a series of information and mobilisation events in the face of the threatened Turkish invasion of northern Syria.
• Summary of proceedings against HDP deputy Saliha Aydeniz 

  Summary of proceedings against Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputy and Democratic Regions Party (DBP) co-chair Saliha Aydeniz.
• Groom and family members jailed over yellow, red, and green colors at the wedding 

  The groom wearing a yellow, red, and green shawl during the wedding and guests singing in Kurdish have been arrested for "propagandizing for a terrorist organization" in İstanbul.
• Signatures collected in Bern to delist the PKK 

  Kurdish activists and their friends continue their individual and collective efforts as part of the worldwide campaign for the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations.
• Medeni Yıldırım's brother sentenced to prison for insulting Erdoğan 

  Mehmet Yıldırım, brother of Medeni Yıldırım who was murdered by Turkish soldiers during a protest against the construction of a military outpost in Amed's Lice district, received a prison sentence for "insulting" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
• Aydar: Düsseldorf rally will mark the culmination of all actions 

  KCK Executive Council Member Zübeyir Aydar called for participation in the massive rally to be held in Düsseldorf on June 25 under the leadership of the ‘Defend Kurdistan’ initiative.
• Many including HDP members detained in Istanbul 

  Turkish police simultaneously raided homes in Istanbul and detained several people, including HDP board members and journalists.
• Coalition forces capture senior ISIS leader 

  The captured individual is an experienced bomb maker and operational facilitator who became one of the top leaders of ISIS' Syrian branch.
• Activists in Saarbrücken protest Turkish attack on Shengal 

  The Turkish state's armed drone attack on Shengal, which resulted in the death of a grandfather and grandson, was protested at a rally in Saarbrücken.
• German Government: Turkey should pursue its interests in Syria politically 

  In response to a question by German MP Gökay Akbulut (DIE LINKE), the Federal Foreign Office stated that the Federal Government had called on Turkey to pursue its "security interests in Syria" politically and not by military means.
• Campaign to delist the PKK continues in Paris 

  Kurdish activists and their friends continue their individual and collective efforts as part of the worldwide campaign for the removal of the PKK from the list of terrorist organizations.
• Iraqi operation leaves 8 ISIS members dead 

  The Iraqi General Staff announced the killing of 8 ISIS members.
• Protest against OPCW continues 

  Protest against the failure of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to act on the Turkish poison gas attacks in Southern Kurdistan continues. The protesters accuse the OPCW of having lost all credibility.
• UK PM Boris Johnson rips up Brexit Protocol 

  Legislation has been published by the British government this evening which overrides the post-Brexit trade arrangements for Ireland and severely breaches both the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement and international law.
• Former HDP deputy detained in Ankara 

  Turgut Öker from Cologne has been detained in Ankara on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organisation. Öker is a former HDP deputy and honorary chairman of the Alevi Federation of Europe.