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• 'Öcalan’s treatment is tantamount to torture,' says UK trade unionist Bert Schouwenburg 

  Bert Schouwenburg was responsible together with UNITE for the establishment of the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign in 2016.
• Socialist Youth Associations Federation organizes march for Suruç massacre victims 

  The Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF) will launch a march from Istanbul to Ankara tomorrow to commemorate those who lost their lives in the Suruç massacre in 2015.
• MEPs strongly condemn repression of opposition in Turkey 

  Deep concern expressed by MEPs over constant attacks and pressure on Turkish opposition parties, in a resolution adopted on Thursday.
• Square in Lyon named after Hevrîn Xelef 

  Lyon City Council has approved to name a square after Kurdish woman Hevrîn Xelef who was murdered Turkey-backed mercenaries in Syria.
• Police attack miners protesting in Ankara 

  The Turkish regime continues persecuting miners who are demanding their rights. Police in Ankara attacked mine workers who had been dismissed in 2011. Although there is a right to compensation, it has not been paid out to date.
• Basque senator and EU MEP ask questions about HDP to Madrid government and Brussels 

  EH Bildu senator Gorka Elejabarrieta together with a number of other senators asks the Spanish government about the HDP. Nikolaj Villumsen MEP representing the Red-Green Alliance asks the Parliament whether the EU is afraid of Erdogan.
• Police detain seven people in Erzurum 

  Seven people were detained during the political genocide operations in Karayazı, province of Erzurum.
• UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office responds to letter sent by Peace in Kurdistan 

  The Eastern Mediterranean Department Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office responded to the letter sent by Peace in Kurdistan Campaign on 22 May to the UK Foreign Secretary about Turkey.
• "Defend Kurdistan against a new edition of Lausanne" 

  A three-day march by the #DefendKurdistan initiative against genocide and occupation begins in Lausanne on Saturday. The action is intended to send a signal that a new edition of the Lausanne Treaty is out of the question.
• HDP pays solidarity visit to miners blocked in Ankara 

  In Ankara, HDP deputies and provincial co-chairs paid a solidarity visit to miners whose protest march was blocked at the entrance of city.
• Şenyaşar family slams “the state of the oppressors” 

  The Şenyaşar family blasted the judicial system saying “What kind of state is this? The state of the oppressors!”.
• Turkish soldiers injure a teen grazing animal in Ağrı 

  Turkish soldiers opened fire and injured a 15-year-old boy named Hamit Angin, who was grazing his animals in Doğubayazıt district of Ağrı province.
• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Sit-in against Turkish occupation and isolation of Öcalan continues in Geneva 

  The sit-in protest continues in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva to protest the invasion attacks of the Turkish state and the isolation of Kurdish Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Strike in Peru to demand proclamation of Pedro Castillo as president  

  The progressive social and political organizations called for a strike today to demand that the National Election Jury (JNE) officially proclaim Pedro Castillo as the next president of Peru.
• Turkish police detain a number of people Iğdır  

  Turkish police carried out house raids in Iğdır this morning and detained many people.
• HDP MP Gergerlioğlu released from prison 

  HDP MP Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been released from prison after the Constitutional Court (AYM) ruling violations of rights in his case.
• Former HDP administrator receives 7 years in prison 

  Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Midyat district branch former co-chair, Filiz Işık has been sentenced to 6 years, 10 months and 15 days in prison without any evidence for the fabricated accusations.
• “Turkey's authorities must stop crackdown on HDP and other political opponents” 

  The European Parliament will wind up the debate with a resolution voted on Thursday, calling on Turkish authorities to put an end to these attacks and to allow all political parties in the country to freely and fully exercise their legitimate activities.
• Lawyers apply again to visit Öcalan on Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Group from Hamburg takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on week 472 

  A new group from Hamburg took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on week 472.
• Police stop mine workers on their way to Ankara 

  Police stopped protesting mine workers at the city limits of Ankara. The mine workers were dismissed in 2011. Although there is a right to compensation, it has not been paid out to date.
• Sancar: Freedom can be achieved through a common struggle 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Mithat Sancar said that “The only way to defend freedom is to expand the common struggle. There is no resistance without a joint struggle.”
• Democracy forces endorse HDP 

  Labour and democracy forces held a meeting in Ankara saying, “We defend the HDP's right to do politics”. At the meeting, it was emphasized that freedom is not possible without action.
• HDP Vigil: Gergerlioğlu is the will of the people 

  The Justice Vigil for Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu launched by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in front of Sincan Prison continued despite the police crackdown.