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• HDP: EU leaders seek to “reset” relations with Turkey with a “positive agenda” 

  HDP asks the EU to do more than making statements of concern, and reconsider and reposition the centrality of human rights and democracy as the key to the “positive agenda” that they want to pursue with Turkey – a candidate country.
• Şenyaşar family's resistance for justice on day 31 

  Şenyaşar Family's resistance for justice continues on its 31st day.
• HDP Pertek district co-chair detained 

  Turkish police detained the HDP Pertek District Co-Chair Aydın Köse and DGB member Ulaş Uslu.
• Lawyers apply again to visit Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client in Imrali.
• Ömer Öcalan: CPT must finally see the isolation and torture on Imralı 

  HDP Urfa MP Ömer Öcalan said, “There is a severe torture on Imrali Island and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) remains silent. The CPT should now take a stand against isolation".
• Action in Bern in solidarity with Şenyaşar family 

  An action was organized in Bern to support Emine Şenyaşar's quest for justice. Şenyaşar has been holding a Vigil for Jurtice in front of the courthouse in Urfa.
• Loyalists' riots reach Belfast 

  Scores of masked loyalists were involved in riots in west Belfast from early on Wednesday evening.
• Kurdish activist Ali Yavru dies in exile 

  Longtime activist Ali Yavru was known in the Kurdish movement as "Heval Xebat" and lived in Uelzen. He lost his battle with cancer and passed away in exile.
• Israel hits targets around Damascus 

  According to Sana news agency Israel once again hit targets in Syria on Wednesday night.
• Kurds turn their backs on the UN in Geneva in protest at the ongoing silence 

  Kurdish activists continued a sit-in protest in front of the United Nations Office in Geneva. In a symbolic action, they turned their backs on the UN building to protest its ignorance in the face of their demands.
• KONGRA-GEL: Europe keeps AKP/MHP fascism on its feet 

  KONGRA-GEL criticized the decisions of the European institutions to support the regime in Turkey, saying: "The EU and the Council of Europe prefer to prop up the fascist coalition of AKP and MHP that insists on war."
• Political prisoners on day 132 of hunger strike 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 132nd day. The hunger strike launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 111 days and in Greece for 94 days.
• Summaries of proceedings against 10 HDP MPs submitted to Parliament 

  13 more summaries of proceedings against 10 deputies of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) have been submitted to the Parliament seeking to revoke their parliamentary membership.
• Protest against Öcalan’s isolation in Amed 

  HDP members staged a sit-in protest in Koşuyolu Park in Amed to raise concern over the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the ongoing hunger strikes in Turkish prisons.
• Syriac priest in Mardin sentenced to 2 years in prison on terror charges 

  Syriac Priest Sefer (Aho) Bileçen was sentenced to 2 years and 1 month in prison in Mardin province, accused of “membership in the PKK”.
• Konicz: Peace can be achieved through Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom 

  Writer and thinker Tomasz Konicz believes that the solutions to the crisis in Turkey and Kurdistan can be achieved through Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's freedom.
• Funding of mosque by Milli Görüş in Strasbourg ends up in administrative court  

  The multi-million-dollar funding for the construction of a mosque by the Islamist-nationalist association Milli Görüş, decided by the city council in Strasbourg, is going to the administrative court.
• Court orders release of HDP Kars co-mayor Şevin Alaca 

  The deposed co-mayor of Kars, Şevin Alaca, has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison for alleged membership of an illegal organisation. The court ordered her release from prison.
• YJA Star guerrilla Canan Tan laid to rest in Çaldıran 

  YJA Star guerrilla Canan Tan (Nuda Besta) fell a martyr in clashes that broke out in Bitlis on 7 June 2020. She was finally laid to rest in Çaldıran.
• Şenyaşar family continues justice vigil in front of the Urfa Courthouse 

  Şenyaşar family has been seeking “Justice” for 29 days. The family said, “A crime against humanity has been committed in Suruç State Hospital. The authorities continue to cover up the incident".
• Solidarity action in Zurich after police attack in Strasbourg 

  At Zurich's main train station, the Kurdish youth movement protested for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan and against the attacks of the French police against participants of the civil disobedience action in front of the CPT.
• Kurds in Germany send letter to the UN for Öcalan’s freedom 

  Kurds in Cologne, Germany have submitted a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Political prisoners on day 131 of hunger strike 

  The hunger strike launched in Turkish prisons against the Imrali isolation has entered its 131st day. The hunger strike launched in Maxmur has been continuing for 110 days and in Greece for 93 days.
• MEPs write to Leyen and Michel ahead of visit to Turkey 

  MEPs wrote to Leyen and Michel and expressed concern about the multiple structural and political problems of Erdoğan’s regime, saying they hope that these issues will be considered and addressed during their meeting with President Erdoğan.
• Lawyers apply again to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client in Imrali.