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• State terror against HDP: 35 people including 7 minors detained 

  Operation against HDP in four cities.
• Belgian government official visits Kurdish guerrilla’s family 

  Yara Muhamed had joined the guerrilla on June 14, 2017 and fell a martyr in Gare on October 30, 2018.
• Environmentalist: The Turkish state must stop burning forests 

  Environmental activist Güner Yanlıç calls on the Turkish government to stop the destruction of forests for "security reasons" and to take measures to put out forest fires.
• Northern and Eastern Syria delegation visited HDP in Hewlêr 

  As part of their political meetings, the delegation visited the HDP Hewlêr Representation.
• The Kurdish-German Friendship Association held its Congress 

  Kurdish politician İhsan Serhat stated that the Kurdistan Freedom Struggle gave identity to the people living in the diaspora as well as in Kurdistan.
• Dozens of HDP Youth members taken into custody in Adana 

  A high umber of HDP Adana Youth Assembly members were detained as a results of police raids early this morning in four different provincess of Adana.
• HDP's Buldan: Democracy will win in Istanbul 

  HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan addressed a rally promoted by her party in Esenyurt, as part of the campaign before the re-run of the Istanbul elections on 23 June.
• HDP stepped up work for Istanbul elections 

  The HDP has sped up its work for the Istanbul elections to be re-run on 23 June following the decision of the YSK (Elections Supreme Board).
• Kurds in Paris protested Turkish attacks in South Kurdistan 

  The march started in République Square and was joined by hundreds of Kurds living in Europe who chanted slogans against the Turkish state attacks in South Kurdistan.
• Kurdish Sports and Culture Festival in Mönchengladbach 

  Kurdish youth living in NRW will hold a Sports and Culture Festival in Mönchengladbach today. 
• "Spectacular victory" of popular demonstrations in Hong Kong 

  Chief Minister of the Autonomous Government of the city-region of Hong Kong suspended the bill that opened the door to the possibility of extraditing suspects to China.
• Citizen’s Assembly on gender to be established in Ireland 

  Sinn Fein’s Justice and Equality Spokesperson has welcomed the government’s decision to establish a Citizen’s Assembly to consider the remaining barriers facilitating gender discrimination.
• Two former FARC guerrillas killed in less than 48 hours 

  In less than 48 hours two former FARC guerrillas have been killed in Colombia.
• Temelli: Let's give the AKP a red card on 23 June 

  HDP co-chair Sezai Temelli visited Istanbul with Party executive members as well as MPs before the re-run of the city elections on 23 June.
• Sinn Féin called on Turkey to release Öcalan 

  Sinn Féin MP for West Belfast, Paul Maskey, reiterated his party's demand that the Turkish state release jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and urged the international community to step up pressure for a resumption of peace talks.
• Land feud leaves 6 dead in Siverek 

  The land dispute between two families in Siverek district of Urfa turned into a bloody confrontation: 6 people were killed and 5 injured.
• Kurds in Marseille protest attacks against South Kurdistan  

  Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger activists and Kurdish people in Marseille protested the genocide and occupation attacks of the Turkish state against South Kurdistan.
• Families’ appeal to visit Imralı rejected 

  Families of Abdullah Öcalan and three other inmates in Imralı had their appeal to visit their relatives rejected.
• Moody’s downgraded Turkey's rating to B1 

  Moody’s downgraded Turkey's rating to B1 from Ba3 and maintained a negative outlook.
• YPG martyr Lorenzo Tekoşer Orsetti back to his hometown  

  The remains of YPG internationalist Lorenzo Tekoşer Piling Orsetti arrived in his own hometown, Florence, to be given the last farewell.
• Families of Imralı prisoners applied to Bursa Prosecutor's Office 

  Families of Imralı prisoners applied to Bursa Prosecutor's Office.
• 5 people remanded in custody in Urfa 

  Out of the 13 people detained in Urfa over social media posts, 5 have been remanded in custody.
• More Turks’ asylum claims approved in Germany than Kurds 

  The chance that Turks will get their appeals for asylum approved has surpassed that of Kurds. In the first four months of the year, 5.9% of asylum seeking Kurds were approved, while the number rose to 81% for Turks.
• HDP former MP Ferhat Encü released from prison 

  Kurdish politician Encü has been released.
• Prisoner Remziye Karadağ not getting proper treatement 

  Remziye Karadağ, who is in Elazığ T Type Women's Closed Prison, is not receiving the adequate treatment to cope with the post-hunger strike problems.