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• HDP co-mayors of İkiköprü town in Batman jailed 

  While the co-mayors and accountant of HDP-run municipality in Batman’s İkiköprü town were imprisoned, 21 people were released on condition of judicial control.
• Eight years of vigil for Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  For exactly eight years a permanent vigil for the freedom of Abdullah Ocalan has been taking place in Strasbourg. A rally has been held to mark the anniversary today.
• Hunger strikes in Turkish prisons 

  Political prisoners in Mardin and Urfa went on an indefinite hunger strike against the unbearable conditions of detention.
• Revenge Unit destroys 8 vehicles, including two trucks 

  Martyr Helmet-Martyr Arin Mirkan Revenge Unit said that they destroyed 8 vehicles, including two trucks.
• Activists take to the streets in Switzerland against Turkey 

  The attack carried out by the Turkish state on the village of Helîncê in Kobanê as a result of which three women lost their life, was protested in Switzerland.
• Demos in Duisburg, Cologne and Den Haag protest Turkish attacks 

  Activists in Duisburg, Cologne and Den Haag protested the massacres carried out by the Turkish state.
• Activists in Sweden protest Turkish attack targeting women 

  The attack carried out by the Turkish state in the village of Helîncê, in Kobanê on Tuesday evening as a result of which 3 women lost their lives, was protested in Sweden.
• Memorial in Florence for YPG fighter Lorenzo Orsetti 

  All revolutionary martyrs were commemorated as well as Piling, who fought against ISIS and the AKP fascist mentality in Rojava.
• Protest in Sydney: Turkey’s attacks target the whole of Kurdistan 

  Crowds demonstrated in Sydney against Turkey’s attacks which -they said- targeted the whole of Kurdistan.
• ILO warns of COVID-19 migrant ‘crisis within a crisis’ 

  Policies need to be put in place to protect stranded migrant workers and to ensure the reintegration of those who return to their home countries, says the International Labour Organization.
• Kurdish organisations call for protests over Kobanê massacre 

  Women's organisations and Kurdish umbrella organisations call for broad protests against the deadly drone attack by the Turkish state that killed three women in Kobanê at 6 pm yesterday.
• Turkish government seizes another HDP-run municipality 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue unabated.
• HDP co-chair Sancar: Hopelessness leads to surrender 

  "Our democracy march was for all social groups that no longer have any air to breathe," explains HDP co-leader Mithat Sancar, saying: "Our march against the walls of fear will continue.”
• Activists in Ludwisburg protest attacks on Alevis' graves 

  Alevi graves were attacked in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Those responsible for breaking the candle holders and the symbols on the graves, also verbally attacked three women visiting the Ost Cemetery on Thursday, insulting the Alevi values.
• Arab League calls for ceasefire in Libya 

  "The political solution is the only way to settle the Libyan crisis," said Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit.
• Call to join demos for Kurds and Palestinians on Saturday 

  Saturday 27 June will be a day of struggle in many Italian cities.
• Eelam Tamils condemn Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  Eelam Tamils condemned the Turkish attacks and said they "stand in solidarity with the Kurdish people and their right to decide their future for themselves."
• Memorial for Italian internationalist Lorenzo 'Orso' in Florence 

  Today at 10 am in Florence there will be a memorial for Lorenzo Orsetti, who fell martyr in Bahoz a year ago.
• Two members of HDP Youth Council detained in Mardin 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) continues unabated.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  The lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan filed a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted a visit to the Imralı island prison.
• Lawyers' march to Ankara continues 

  The unyielding protest of the lawyers has had an effect. The police barrier has been lifted and the demonstration to Ankara continues.
• HDP co-mayors detained in Sarıcan town of Elazığ 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue unabated.
• UN send fact-finding mission to Libya to investigate war crimes  

  The International Criminal Court urged U.N. Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet to dispatch a fact-finding mission to "document alleged human rights violations and abuses.
• DBP co-chair evaluates HDP's 'March for Democracy' 

  HDP organized a two-track democracy march to Ankara, beginning from the western province of Edirne and the southeastern province of Hakkari. The march started on June 15 and ended in Ankara on June 20.
• YPS-JIN claims responsibility for actions in 5 cities 

  An YPS-JIN unit organized a series of effective actions in Istanbul, Maras, Izmir, Sakarya and Çorum sending a message of resistance against occupation.