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• Peace in Kurdistan congratulates Jeremy Corbyn for his election 

  Peace in Kurdistan congratulated Jeremy Corbyn, the new independent MP for Islington North
• KNK sends open letter demanding to stop the Turkish state’s war and occupation strategy 

  The Kurdistan National Congress sent an open letter to several international personalities demanding them to stop the Turkish state's war and occupation strategy.
• KCDK-E calls on the Kurdish people to stand up everywhere against Turkish occupation 

  KCDK-E called for total resistance against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state and the collaboration of the KDP, saying: "Let's stand up everywhere we are".
• Events in Milan to support the reconstruction of the Amûdê Cinema 

  Different events were organized in Milan to support the project of reconstruction of the Amûdê Cinema.
• Leftist New Popular Front wins French elections 

  Leftist New Popular Front emerges as dominant force in the National Assembly as Macron’s alliance suffers humbling setback after Sunday’s election
• 'Abdullah Öcalan' stand set up in Liverpool 

  As part of the campaign "Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan, a political solution to the Kurdish question", a stand was set up on busy streets, brochures were distributed and books by Abdullah Öcalan were promoted in Liverpool, England.
• Death toll in Gaza Strip reaches 38,153 

  The Health Ministry of the Hamas government that rules the Gaza Strip reported that the death toll from Israeli attacks in the nine-month war has risen to 38,153.
• Polls open in France 

  French people are voting in one of the country's most important elections as far-right National Rally of Marine Le Pen is poised to become the dominant force in the national assembly.
• Turkish hooligans go wild in London and Berlin after losing European match with Netherlands 

  After the Turkish national team's defeat in the quarter-final match against the Netherlands, supporters of the "Grey Wolves" attacked the Kurdish Community Centre in London. Turkish hooligans also went wild in Berlin.
• Bozan: The law applied in Kurdistan is a colonial law 

  Ali Bozan said that the Turkish state applies a double-standard law in the country and added that the silence in the West against the forest fires in Kurdistan is a result of the state's policies towards Kurdistan.
• Legal harassment against ÇHD lawyers continues 

  The independent legal profession in Turkey is targeted by the judiciary. The progressive lawyers' organization ÇHD is a frequent target of repression. Two of its members have been ordered to report. They are suspected of terrorism.
• PYD European Assembly holds congress  

  The PYD European Assembly held its congress within the scope of the party's general congress preparations.
• Young activists in Draguignan protest isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  In Draguignan, young CKF members protested the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who was held captive in İmralı, and the Turkish state's invasion attacks on South Kurdistan.
• Pezeshkian wins presidential race in Iran 

  Masod Pezeshkian is the new president of Iran.
• Justice Ministry one again rejects Osman Kavala's request for retrial  

  Osman Kavala's request for a retrial has been denied once again by the Justice Ministry.
• Some village guards resign after being forced to move to occupied Afrin 

  Some village guards who were forced to be taken to the Kurdish city of Afrin, which has been under occupation since 2018 and where protests against the Turkish state continue, resigned.
• International campaign against Turkey's occupation of Iraq and South Kurdistan 

  The petition, addressed to the Iraqi people, government, parliament, the United Nations and the international community, denounces Turkish invasion attacks and crimes and calls for the immediate expulsion of Turkish forces from Iraq and South Kurdistan.
• Öcalan's lawyers submit another application for a visit to Imrali 

  Lawyers filed an application to be allowed a visit with their clients Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş in İmralı Island Prison.
• Second round of presidential election in Iran under way 

  Iranians are voting for the second round of the presidential election.
• Landslide victory for the Labour Party after 14 years of opposition  

  The Labour Party is on course for a landslide victory against outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives.
• Laura Castel Fort: Even in Guantanamo there has been no such an isolation regime as Öcalan suffers 

  Laura Castel Fort, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE, said that the isolation regime that Öcalan has been subject to is a kind of torture and an incomparable situation.
• Gaza death toll exceeds 38,000 

  At least 58 people have died in the last 24 hours of the war in the Gaza Strip.
• Activists from Frankfurt am Main take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg  

  A group from Frankfurt am Main has taken over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg and called on the European institutions to abide by their own legal principles.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN for 41 months appeal to international organisations 

  For 41 months, Kurds have been on vigil in front of the UN Office in Geneva, calling on CPT, UN and CoE to take action against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan every week.
• Isolation of Öcalan discussed at the UN: Human Rights Council must act 

  The isolation of Abdullah Öcalan was discussed at a conference at the UN Human Rights Council. Speakers drew attention to the unprecedented unlawfulness in İmralı and called on the UN to take action.