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• Lawsuit against German police over banning peace delegation from leaving for Kurdistan 

  Two women from Hamburg have filed a lawsuit against the Federal Police at the Cologne Administrative Court. The police had prohibited them and 15 other people from participating in a peace delegation in June 2021.
• Swiss parliamentarian asks government about Erdogan's plan to attack Rojava 

  Swiss parliamentarian Claudia Friedl asked the Bern government about Erdogan's invasion plan for North and East Syria.
• Zelensky: 60 to 100 Ukrainian soldiers killed per day 

  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that his country is losing up to 100 soldiers per day in the war with Russia.
• AKP Gürpınar District deputy chair arrested while smuggling drugs 

  AKP Gürpınar District deputy chair was caught red-handed and arrested while smuggling drugs.
• SADAT is running wild in Van 

  SADAT, also known as AKP's JITEM, operates in Van under the guise of various non-governmental organizations. SADAT, which has had the Governors impose a six-year ban on protests and activities in Van, is funded by İŞGEM, which is associated with the AKP.
• HDP delegation concludes diplomatic contacts in Berlin 

  A delegation of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) held high-level meetings with German political parties in Berlin.
• Nuriye Gülmen handcuffed to bed after surgery 

  Ruken Kılıç, a political prisoner in Silivri Prison No. 9, revealed that academician Nuriye Gülmen was handcuffed to the bed by the gendarmerie in a semi-naked condition after she had surgery.
• Three-day Long March which left from Lavrio camp ends today in Athens 

  The three-day Long March which left from Lavrio camp in Greece, will end today in Athens.
• Delegation from Münster takes over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  This week, a delegation from Münster have taken over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in front of European institutions in Strasbourg. The vigil has been going on for almost ten years.
• 400 people demand freedom for Aysel Tuğluk and ill prisoners 

  400 people joined the call by the Freedom for Ill Prisoners and Aysel Tuğluk Platform and demanded freedom for ill prisoners.
• Commemoration fo internationalists Uta Schneiderbanger (Nûdem) and Ekin Ceren Doğruak (Amara) 

  Internationalists Uta Schneiderbanger (Nûdem) and Ekin Ceren Doğruak (Amara), who lost their lives in South Kurdistan 17 years ago, were remembered in Mülheim and Ankara.
• Abya Yala calls on people to join a Global Action Day on 11 June against the war in Kurdistan 

  Abya Yala (Latin America) called on people everywhere to a Global Action Day on 11 June against the war in Kurdistan and in defense of the revolution.
• Long March in Switzerland continues 

  The Long March carried out under the leadership of Kurdish youth continues in Switzerland. The activists expressed their solidarity with the guerrilla struggle against the Turkish occupation and KDP betrayal.
• CHP politician Canan Kaftancıoğlu jailed 

  Prominent CHP politician Canan Kaftancıoğlu has been arrested in Istanbul and transferred to Silivri women's prison. According to her legal counsel, however, she will be released and placed under supervision.
• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's legal team has applied for a visit permit to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the management of Imrali Island Prison. The last client meeting took place two and a half years ago.
• People from Finland collect over a thousand signatures demanding delisting of PKK 

  People from Finland reacted to the ban on PKK by sending a message of solidarity with the Kurds.
• Prosecutor demands to sentence Deniz Poyraz's father for an interview he gave  

  The prosecutor demanded to sentence Deniz Poyraz's father for an interview he gave in which he said Kurds are oppressed and it is right to oppose this oppression.
• Young people in London enter second day of Long March 

  Young people in London ended the first day of the long march they started on Herford Road against the occupation attacks, at the DKTM.
• Turkish police harass HDP Güçlükonak co-chair Aktuğ 

  The Turkish police used violence and insulted HDP Güçlükonak district co-chair Ahmet Aktuğ, at a check-point.
• Young people in Marseille organise action at airport 

  Young people in Marseille protested the French police who did not allow a demonstration against the invasion attacks by the Turkish state. The young people entered the airport and organised a civil disobedience action.
• Nine women in custody in Ankara go on hunger strike 

  Nine women, who were detained on charges of "membership in a terrorist organization" and "making propaganda for a terrorist organization" for participating in the METU Revolutionary March, went on hunger strike.
• Young people's Long March reaches Duisburg 

  The young people who marched from Essen reached Duisburg despite fascist provocations.
• Long March kicks off in Switzerland 

  The Switzerland arm of the Long Marches, which take place in 6 different countries organised by the Kurdish youth movement, started in Switzerland today.
• Long March in Germany on its second day 

  The "Long March" of the Kurdish youth movement continues in Germany. The focus of the protest is the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan, the Turkish attacks on Southern Kurdistan and the collaboration of South Kurdistan’s ruling party KDP.
• Workshops on the Rojava Revolution in South Africa 

  The delegation tour of the diplomatic committee of the Kurdish youth movement through South Africa continues. In the past few days, several events and workshops on the revolution in Rojava and the Kurdish freedom movement have taken place.