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• Kurds in Toronto protest against Turkey’s genocidal attacks 

  Demonstrations in protest at the Turkish regime’s all-out war against the Kurdish people continue all around the world.
• HDP Van: Bans will not stop us! 

  The HDP's "democracy march" to Ankara is set to begin on Monday. In several provinces, a ban on entrance and leave as well as events have been issued to block the HDP initiative.
• Antifascist youth demonstration in Stuttgart 

  In many European cities, Kurds have taken to the streets against the Turkish state's attacks on Kurdistan. In Stuttgart an antifascist youth demonstration took place.
• Political genocide: 10 detained in Adana 

  In Adana province in southern Turkey, the police stormed several apartments and detained ten people.
• Memorial for commanders Avesta and Engin in Helsingborg 

  HPG and YJA Star Commander Zin Avesta and PKK Central Committee member Kasım Engin were commemorated with an event held in Helsingborg, Sweden.
• Teyfik Ateş dies in Amed 

  Teyfik Ateş, a long-standing supporter of the Kurdish liberation movement, died in Amed. Two of his children are in prison, two more are with the guerrillas.
• Political genocide operation in Mersin: 5 new arrests 

  Five more people detained in political operation in Mersin.
• Activists in Europe protest the AKP-MHP fascism 

  Actions and protests were organised in Europe to protest the Turkish attacks on Kurds.
• 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.