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• 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.
• 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.