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• 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.
• Kurdish institutions take over Vigil for Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe celebrates its 8th anniversary this week. The action continues with the participation of Kurdish institution representatives in Europe.
• FEDA condemns attack on Alevi graves in Ludwigsburg 

  The Democratic Alevi Federation (FEDA) said: “Those who come to spread fear should know that we won’t allow anyone to insult our values.”
• Patriarch Sako condemns Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  The Turkish state's air and land attacks on South Kurdistan should end immediately, said Louis Raphael Sako, the Patriarch of the Babylonian Chaldeans, the highest religious leader of all the Chaldeans living in the world.
• Activists in Helsinki protest Turkish attacks 

  The Turkish state's attacks against South Kurdistan were protested in Helsinki.
• New coronavirus outbreaks force 3 Spanish areas to step back 

  The "new normality" lasted just one day for three small provinces in the region of Aragon, in the Spanish state. 
• Police attack the protest march of lawyers in Ankara 

  The march of the bar associations, which was stopped outside Ankara, was later attacked by the police. The co-chairwoman of the lawyers' association ÖHD was pushed to the ground and then kicked.
• Body of HPG guerrilla martyred in Dersim given to family 

  The body of a fallen guerrilla fighter was handed over to family.
• Former co-mayor of Nusaybin sentenced to 16 years in prison 

  Former co-mayor of Mardin’s Nusaybin district, Sara Kaya, who has been jailed since January 2017, has been sentenced to 16 years in prison.
• HBDH hits Turkish military vehicle in Antep: 4 killed, 5 wounded 

  The left-wing guerrilla alliance HBDH has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Turkish military vehicle in the province of Antep. Four soldiers were killed and five others were seriously injured.
• Paramilitaries kill 138th social leader in Colombia 

  Another social leader was murdered in Colombia in the southwestern department of Cauca, marking the 138th death in 2020 alone according to the Institute for Development and Peace.
• Bolivia's coup president says elections on 6 September 

  Bolivia’s de facto President Jeanine Añez said that she will enact the Elections Law, to be held on 6 September without further delay.