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• Tekirdağ Governorate also issues ban to prevent HDP march 

  Tekirdağ Governorate also issued a 'ban' before the HDP march for democracy.
• Van Governorate bans HDP Democracy March from entering the city 

  Van Governorate is afraid of the HDP Democracy March, and declared it 'banned' in the city.
• Activists protest in front of Turkish consulate in Zurich 

  A protest was held in front of the Turkish Consulate in Zurich.
• FEDA calls for common struggle against AKP repression 

  Condemning the AKP-MHP's political attacks, FEDA said: "Alevis are also targeted in this genocidal wave of repression."
• YPS Revenge Unit carries out action in name of martyr Kasım Engin 

  YPS Martyr Rêber Varto Revenge Unit carried out a series of actions in memory of PKK Central Committee Member Kasım Engin, who fell martyr on 27 May.
• FARC resumes talks on implementation of agreement with government 

  The government of Colombia and the People's Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) party resumed talks on the implementation of the peace agreement.
• Activists in Paris protest the Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  TCŞ and JCA activists gathered to protest the Turkish state in front of the Sacré-Cœur Basilica in Paris.
• UK government seeks no extension to Brexit transition from the EU 

  Protests grow about the British government not seeking an extension to the Brexit transition from the EU.
• Memorial for PKK Central Committee Member Engin in Basel 

  A memorial for PKK Central Committee member Kasım Engin, who fell martyr in a Turkish airstrike on 27 May will be held in Basel today.
• Covid-19 cases on the increase after “normalization” in Turkey 

  In Turkey, another 15 people have died of coronavirus and 1,195 more cases have been registered during the past 24 hours.
• Children of Fire target school and depot in Antep and Istanbul 

  The Initiative targeted a school in Antep and a depot in Istanbul on June 11.
• Turkey: Four HDP activists detained for "pandemic aid” 

  In Adana, four HDP activists, including the co-chair of the Ceyhan district association, have been detained on terror charges. They are accused of having passed on aid packages in the Coronavirus crisis to “guerrilla fighters”.
• MP Toğrul: Reactions against the attacks on the HDP growing 

  HDP MP Mahmut Toğrul reports great anger among the population due to the repression against the party and speaks of broad social opposition to the attacks.
• COVID-19 may push millions more children into child labour 

  ​​​​​​​Child labour down by 94 million since 2000, a gain now under threat.
• Families apply once again to Prosecutor to go to Imralı 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imralı applied once again for a visit.
• KON-MED calls on people to join actions planned for the weekend 

  KON-MED said that nobody should remain silent and called on “women, young people, faith institutions, left-socialist, revolutionary, democratic groups to mobilise 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.”
• Borders with Iran open despite new wave of coronavirus cases 

  Although a second wave of coronavirus epidemic is raging in Iran, the Iranian-Turkish border crossings in Van and Hakkari have been opened. Meanwhile, the number of coronav cases in Van continues to increase.
• Twitter closes 7,340 accounts linked to the AKP 

  Twitter announced it closed a network of 7,340 accounts being used to amplify political narratives favorable to the AK Party.
• Memorial for PKK Central Committee member Kasım Engin in Düren 

  PKK Central Committee member Kasım Engin, who fell martyr following a Turkish airstrike on 27 May, was commemorated with an event held in Düren, Germany.
• UK academic says Ocalan has crucial role to play for peace  

  Dr Thomas Phillips—lecturer in law and supporter of the London-based Peace in Kurdistan Campaign—was interviewed by Kurdish journalist Erem Kansoy.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign in solidarity with Black Lives Matter 

  The killing of George Floyd during the brutal restraint by armed police officer Derek Chauvin, watched by his three colleagues, in Minneapolis on 25 May 2020, shook the world.
• Turkey’s coronavirus cases exceed 174,000 

  17 more people have died of coronavirus in Turkey. The death toll rose to 4,763 and the total number of confirmed cases to 174,023.
• The politics of prisons: Women’s critiques and alternatives 

  The CENÎ Women's Office is organising an online panel discussion at 7 p.m. as part of the 'Solidarity Keeps Us Alive' campaign. Speakers include the founder of the Black Sovereign Nation, Njera Keith from the USA and Yara Hawari from Palestine.
• Memorial for PKK executive Kasim Engin in Darmstadt 

  PKK Central Committee Member Kasım Engin, who fell martyr following the Turkish warplanes air strike on Medya Defense Zones on 27 May, has been commemorated in Darmstadt today.
• Revenge Unit targets "People’s Park" in Istanbul 

  A militant group operating in Turkey under the name of "revenge units" has used an explosive device to damage a building in a park in Istanbul in memory of Kasim Engin.