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• Kurdish organisations call to join rallies on Saturday 

  Cultural activities and marches are planned by KCDK-E and KCDK-F to mark the 7th anniversary of the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg.
• Iran: Vienna meeting last chance to save nuclear deal 

  Iran said Friday’s meeting in Vienna between the remaining signatories of the nuclear deal was the “last chance” to save the accord after the U.S. withdrawal last year.
• New raids by the German police against Kurds in Hannover 

  Police raided the homes of 7 Kurdish citizens in the German city of Hannover. It was noted that the raids coincided with the activities planned for the 25th anniversary of the murder of Kurdish youth Halim Dener by the German police.
• Sinn Féin: Last resignation shows extent of Brexit chaos 

  Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has said the latest resignation of a top British government Brexit official shows the chaos of the Tory Brexit agenda.
• Rojava Conference at the UN human rights session in Geneva 

  The conference, moderated by lawyer Olivier Peter, discussed the current situation in northern Syria and the situation of ISIS detainees.
• State terror in Cizre: 8 people detained 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish population.
• Eleven civilians from Afrin remain in Turkish custody 

  The trial of eleven civilians from Afrin continued in the Turkish city of Hatay bordering Syria. The defendants had been arrested and severely tortured after the occupation of Afrin.
• ISIS attack kills two women in Mosul 

  Two women were killed, several children and a tribal leader were injured in an attack by the ISIS in Mosul.
• HDP’s Ablay’s home raided with excavator: 5 detained 

  Ceylanpinar Municipal Council Member Dilan Ablay from the HDP and her parents and two siblings were detained.
• KCDK-E called on people to join marches on 29 June 

  KCDK-E urged "all Kurdish people, women, children, young and old, to participate actively in marches that will take place in Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan on Saturday 29 June against the Turkish invasion and attacks in South Kurdistan.
• France Insoumise leader: We should stand by Kurds 

  Mélenchon drew attention to the role of the Kurds in the future of Syria.
• Funeral of young Kurd stabbed in London to be held today 

  The Union of Democratic Organisations calls on everyone to join funeral of Baris Kuçulk, who died in London after being stabbed.
• Filmmaker Uli to be tried again in YPG-YPJ flags case 

  Filmmaker Uli Bez, who was tried for sharing the YPJ flag on her social media account and was acquitted by the Munich Administrative Court last April, will be retried at the prosecutor's request.
• Kurdish institutions: Freedom of Öcalan is the main issue 

  Representatives of the Kurdish institutions which took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil pointed out that the occupation attacks of the Turkish state can be prevented by a policy based on national unity.
• EU calls for the release of Osman Kavala 

  "Having attended the opening of the trial, the EU will continue to closely monitor this case as well as trials against journalists, members of parliament, human rights defenders, lawyers and academics with the highest level of scrutiny."
• KCDK-E took over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil is the longest civil society action in Europe.
• US to Turkey: No F-35 for you if you buy S-400s 

  Erdogan said the S-400 systems would start being delivered in the first week of July despite disapproval from the NATO and the US.
• French Senator to Foreign Minister: Turkey finances terrorism 

  CPF member Senator Laurence Cohen said: “About the funding of terrorism issue, it bears repeating that ISIS sold its oil through the Turkish border, not the Kurdish controlled region.”
• Kavala to stay in prison while Aksakoğlu is freed in Gezi trial 

  The first hearing of the Gezi Resistance trial ended with the Court ruling to release civil society activist Yiğit Aksakoğlu, while businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala remains in jail.
• Migrants tragedy: 10 dead in Edirne crash 

  Ten people have died and 30 were injured when a vehicle carrying migrants crashed in Edirne, northwestern Turkey.
• Armored vehicle hit in Cizre 

  An action was carried out against an armored vehicle in the neighborhood of Yafes in Cizre.
• Don't criminalise solidarity!  

  An event to oppose new powers to prosecute returnees from designated overseas areas will take place on Friday in London.
• YBŞ, YJŞ fighters helped people to extinguish fires in Shengal 

  YBŞ, YJŞ fighters helped people to extinguish fires in Shengal.
• Kurds arrested in Germany 

  Police raided several houses in Germany on Tuesday and detained at least two Kurds.
• UK trade union UNITE discussed Freedom for Öcalan  

  A meeting to talk about the Freedom for Öcalan Campaign will take place at UNITE Rules Conference in Brighton.