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• Commentary: How much hypocrisy can the public tolerate? 

  According to the German Police, the peace initiative #Delegation4Peace can cause lasting damage to the security interests of the Federal Republic abroad. Support for the Turkish aggressor could hardly be more obvious.
• Left Party: German authorities must not become Erdogan's henchmen 

  The Left Party is outraged by the prevention of the delegation trip of #Delegation4Peace from Germany to South Kurdistan. "German authorities must not become Erdogan's henchmen," the party executive said.
• Statement of International Delegation for Peace and Freedom in Kurdistan 

  The participants of the #Delegation4Peace have spoken from Hewlêr and made their demands clear: The Turkish military must immediately withdraw from South Kurdistan and the Kurdish forces should enter into a dialogue.
• Report to mark twenty years of Terrorism Act 2000 

  A report has been issued by CAMPACC to mark twenty years of the Terrorism Act 2000, which has been supplemented by many more ‘counter-terror’ laws.
• HDP executives Günana and Subaşı sent to prison 

  HDP executives Fener Günana and Ahmet Subaşı, who were taken into custody in the political genocide operation in Istanbul on 9 June were remanded in custody.
• Activists in Berlin protest Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan and Maxmur 

  The Turkish state's invasion of South Kurdistan and the attacks on Maxmur refugee camp were protested with a rally in Berlin.
• KON-MED: The German government stands by Erdoğan 

  KON-MED said that the German government preventing the Peace Delegation from leaving Düsseldorf to reach Hewler (Erbil) shows that Berlin stands by the Erdoğan dictatorship.
• Hakan Taş detained for hours at Hewler Airport 

  Berlin-based left-wing politician Hakan Taş has been detained for 15 hours by KDP security authorities at Hewler Airport. He was reportedly told to stay out of "certain things." "I felt psychologically pressured," he said.
• Statement of the peace delegation banned from leaving Germany for South Kurdistan 

  At the instigation of the German government, a peace delegation in Düsseldorf has been banned from leaving the country for Hewlêr. The initiative describes the actions of German authorities as active support for Turkey's war in South Kurdistan.
• Peace delegation to South Kurdistan banned from leaving Germany 

  German police have refused to allow Hamburg-based Left Party leader Cansu Özdemir and 16 other people in Düsseldorf to leave the country for northern Iraq. The delegation wanted to document the Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan and advocate for peace.
• Faiq Gulpi: A fratricide war will only benefit the enemies of Kurds 

  Dr. Faiq Gulpi said that the Kurdish people are against the invasion of the Turkish state and an inter-Kurdish war and added that “a fratricide war would mean nothing but the death of Kurdish children. The Kurdish enemies will benefit from this war."
• Turkish police on a motorbike runs into group of children, wounds 4 

  A Turkish police riding on a motorbike crashed into children crossing the street. Four children were injured, one of them seriously.
• Activists in Rome protest Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan and the isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  The Turkish state's invasion attacks and the isolation against Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan were protested in Rome.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign issues statement in solidarity with HDP 

  'In Turkey the state wields the justice system like a sword. For decades the state has used the judiciary as a political tool, but we are now entering a new and vicious time,' warns Peace in Kurdistan Campaign.
• Kurdish artists and intellectuals in Europe call for national unity 

  Kurdish artists and intellectuals denounced Turkey’s attacks on Medya Defense Zones and called upon the KDP to “stand against Turkish invasion and take a step for national unity”.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê sets fire to two factories and five vehicles 

  Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative announced that they set fire to two factories and five vehicles in Istanbul, Kocaeli and Sakarya in solidarity with those resisting in prisons.
• Macron and Erdogan to meet before the NATO summit 

  French President Emmanuel Macron will meet in private with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan just before the NATO summit. Macron asked the NATO for a “clarification".
• NGOs in Europe: Let's raise our voice against occupation 

  Institutions in Europe called on public to raise their voices against the invasion attacks of the Turkish state.
• Police violence during protest demo against "deep state” in Istanbul 

  In Istanbul, a demonstration by the Revolutionary Party against criminal structures within the Turkish state apparatus was violently broken up by police. At least 15 people were detained.
• Lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan file new request to visit their client 

  Lawyers of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan file a new application to meet with their client on Imrali.
• US lifts some Iran sanctions 

  The Biden administration has lifted sanctions on three former Iranian officials and several energy companies amid stalled nuclear negotiations. The US appears willing to further ease economic pressure on Iran if the country changes course.
• Police detain 4 women politicians in Hakkari and Şemdinli 

  Turkish police detained 4 women politicians in a new political operation they carried out in Hakkari and Şemdinli.
• Court of Appeal upholds 22 years' prison sentence handed out to Leyla Güven 

  The 22 years and 3 months’ prison sentence handed out to DTK co-chair Leyla Güven was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
• Court remands four people in custody in Cizre 

  Four of the five people detained in the political genocide operations in Cizre were remanded in custody.
• Activists in Copenhagen protest Turkish attacks on Kurds and call to support the guerrillas 

  The Democratic Society Center and the Sêvê Women's Assembly in Copenhagen protested the invasion attempts carried out by the Turkish state in Kurdistan and called to support the guerrillas who are resisting the attacks.