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• Soma miners trial: Families leave Court  

  At the hearing of the Soma Case, the court announced its decision, and the families left the hall in protest. Soma Coal Enterprises Inc. Executive Board Chair Can Gürkan has been sentenced to 20 years in prison.
• Bitlis governor imposes ban on actions and events until 30 June 

  Bitlis Governorate announced the ban of actions and events in the city for 15 days.
• DIE LINKE in solidarity with Kurdish politician threatened with death in Germany 

  DIE LINKE Essen condemns the death threat against Civan Akbulut and calls on the police and the State Security to take the threat seriously and to take appropriate measures.
• HBDH commemorates June 15-16 Workers’ Uprising 

  The People's United Revolutionary Movement commemorated the June 15-16 Workers’ Uprising pointing out that it is possible to get rid of the current state of affairs with the power of labour.
• Four people released in Kobanê trial 

  In the Kobanê trial, deposed mayor Ayhan Bilgen and former HDP board members Berfin Özgü Köse, Can Memiş and Cihan Erdal have been released from prison on condition of judicial control.
• First group of the peace delegation arrives in Düsseldorf 

  Numerous people welcomed the first returning group of the international peace delegation to South Kurdistan at the Düsseldorf airport. The second group arrives in the evening.
• Constitutional Court to conduct first review of HDP closure case 

  The Constitutional Court (AYM) is set to conduct its first review of the indictment for closure of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) on June 21.
• Remains of 123 victims of ISIS exhumed from mass grave in Mosul 

  In the western Iraqi district of Mosul, remains of 123 victims of the so-called ISIS were exhumed from a mass grave.
• The Erdoğan Family, the Mafia and the Osmanen Germania 

  The confessions of mafia godfather Sedat Peker are shaking the AKP/MHP regime and also resonating in Germany. Apparently, the husband of one of Erdoğan's nieces was involved in money transfers to fascist mafia groups in Germany.
• Kurds in Moscow protest the KDP collaboration with Turkey 

  Kurds in Moscow protested the KDP collaborationist attitude towards Turkey.
• Kurds march in Nicosia against Turkish invasion attacks on South Kurdistan 

  Kurds organized a march in Nicosia, Cyprus, to protest the Turkish state's invasion attacks on South Kurdistan and the KDP's stance.
• KCDK-E: NATO paves the way for new massacres of Kurds 

  KCDK-E said that "the final declaration of the NATO Leaders Summit aimed at covering up all the crimes committed by Turkish president Erdogan and the genocidal Turkish army and give a green light to further massacres."
• Death threat against Kurdish local politician in Germany 

  Kurdish local politician Civan Akbulut in Essen has received a death threat via Instagram. The sender of the threatening message calls himself after JITEM the informal intelligence service of the Turkish military police.
• Protest in Paris against Turkey’s invasion attacks 

  In Paris, the capital city of France, activists protested the Turkish state’s attacks on southern Kurdistan and the KDP’s collaboration with Turkey.
• Protest in London against Turkey's invasion attacks on South Kurdistan 

  Kurds living in London protested the Turkish state and the KDP.
• Pagani slams Erdoğan's expansionism, calls for Turkey's withdrawal from South Kurdistan 

  Remy Pagani, former Mayor of Geneva and a member of the International Peace Delegation to Hewler, has slammed Turkish expansionism and called for the Turkish state to withdraw from South Kurdistan.
• Court rejects recusation in Kobanê Trial 

  Turkish court has rejected recusation at the hearing of the Kobanê Trial.
• Lawyers apply again to visit Öcalan 

  Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan has been imprisoned in Imrali for 22 years under severe isolation.
• Police detain 9 people in Amed 

  Turkish police raided many houses in Amed this morning and detained at least 9 people.
• International Initiative: Defend Kurdistan Against Turkish Occupation 

  The "International Initiative: DEFEND KURDISTAN - against the Turkish occupation!" was presented in Hewlêr. The aim is to stop the Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan immediately and to withdraw all Turkish troops and Islamist mercenaries.
• Group from Hannover takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on 469th week 

  A group of activists from Hannover has taken over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg which is about to celebrate its 10th year.
• AIDL: Arrest of our delegation to South Kurdistan unacceptable 

  'The arrest of the delegation from the Alliance Internationale - AIDL at the airport in Erbil is unacceptable,' said the human rights organisation.
• KDP forces don't allow Peace Delegation to hold press conference in front of the UN in Hewlêr  

  KDP forces do not allow the Peace Delegation to hold a press confrence in front of the UN in Hewlêr (Erbil).
• Deputy Cansu Özdemir announces legal action after Peace Delegation ban travel 

  The Hamburg Die Linke parliamentary group chair, Cansu Özdemir, contradicts the explanation given by the federal police about their hour-long detention at Düsseldorf airport: "There will be legal repercussions, because this measure was clearly unlawful."
• Delegates deported from South Kurdistan received in Berlin and Frankfurt 

  About half of about 50 members of a peace delegation who were recently prevented from entering Hewlêr are back in Germany. The delegates were warmly welcomed at the airports in Frankfurt and Berlin.