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• Turkey’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 4,609 

  166,422 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Turkey while 4,609 have died.
• Kurdish activist Mehmet Emlek passes away in Wuppertal 

  Kurdish activist Mehmet Emlek died of cancer in Wuppertal at the age of forty.
• Masses protest in Paris against racism and police violence 

  In French cities, thousands of people have taken to the streets against racism and police violence. In Paris, at least 20,000 people defied the ban on assembly and took part in a demonstration.
• Police in Germany harass Kurdish family 

  Tarzan Kılıç said that the police attacked them out of the blue, without saying a word.
• Activists protest Turkish racism and fascism in France 

  Activists in Europe protest the killing of Barış Çakan who was stabbed to death for listening to Kurdish music in Ankara.
• Sinn Féin demands UK government to comply with agreements 

  A Sinn Féin delegation, which included Francie Molloy MP and Gerry Kelly MLA, had a robust and frank exchange on the issue of legacy with the British Secretary of State. 
• HDP protest in Istanbul: Behind racism lies state policy 

  The HDP Youth Council protested in Istanbul against the murder of a young Kurd in Ankara. HDP member of parliament Musa Piroğlu referred to the murder of George Floyd and said: "If racism is rampant in a country, the state is behind it.”
• 22 more people die of coronavirus in Turkey 

  The measures implemented in Turkey to counter coronavirus since March have been largely removed yesterday.
• HDP co-mayors of Kızıltepe and Savur remain in prison 

  Kızıltepe co-mayor Nilüfer Elik Yılmaz and Savur co-mayor Gülistan Öncü have not been released from prison during the first hearing in the case in which they stand trial.
• Bachelet: US protests point to long-standing racial inequalities 

  This virus is exposing endemic inequalities that have too long been ignored, said UN rights boss on Tuesday.
• Lawyers apply for a visit to Öcalan in 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.
• Son of former FARC guerrilla killed in Colombia 

  So far, 199 people related to the peace process have been killed in the country, along with 41 of its relatives.
• Smear campaign against German Constitutional Court judge 

  Die Welt, one of the country's best sold newspapers, claimed that Cornelia Ganten-Lange was an "extreme leftist", quoting as evidence her struggle in the field of human rights, especially the rights of the Kurdish people.
• Activists in Lavrio refugee camp celebrate 1 June 

  On 1 June 2004, the guerrillas went on the offensive with a number of actions, including the killing of high Turkish military commanders.
• Activists in 2 French cities condemn fascist attacks on Kurds 

  Youth protested the attacks against Emir Cura, who was tortured by police in Amed and Barış Çakan who was stabbed to death by a racist mob in Ankara for listening to Kurdish songs
• Rally in Istanbul marks the seventh anniversary of Gezi uprising 

  On the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the Gezi uprising, people in Istanbul commemorated the dead of the protests and reiterated their willingness to continue the resistance against the exploitative system in Turkey.
• 23 more people die of Covid-19 in Turkey 

  Coronavirus has claimed the life of 4,563 people in Turkey since March.
• 20 detained as police attack commemoration for Ethem Sarısülük 

  The Turkish police have attacked a memorial event in Ankara for Ethem Sarısülük who was shot dead by a policeman during the Gezi protests in summer 2013. Almost 20 people were arrested.
• USA to designate ANTIFA as a terrorist organization 

  Trump announced that the United States of America will be designating ANTIFA as a terrorist organization.
• Demo for Öcalan in Paris 

  In the Parisian suburb of Drancy, activists of the Kurdish youth movements TCŞ and JCA demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurdish youngster murdered in Ankara laid to rest 

  Çakan was 20 years old and came from Patnos district of Ağrı. He was murdered in the Turkish capital for listening to Kurdish music.
• Three ISIS-linked families arrive in Finland from Hol Camp 

  Around 10 Finnish women and their 30 children have been staying at the al-Hol camp, in the special area for ISIS-linked families. It is believed the Finnish women were married to ISIS fighters.
• Young boy stabbed to death for listening to Kurdish music 

  Young Barış Çakan was stabbed to death in Ankara for listening to Kurdish music.
• Martyrs of May remembered in Frankfurt 

  A memorial service to pay tribute to the Kurdish freedom movement’s Martyrs of May of the took place in the German city of Frankfurt.
• Turkey’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 4,540 

  839 more cases have been registered in Turkey today while 25 people have died.