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• Selahattin Demirtaş to remain in prison 

  Court ruled HDP co-chair should stay in jail.
• HDP’s Bilgen: The new regulation will make OHAL permanent 

  Post-OHAL regulatory proposal will turn the State of Emergency into a permanent reality.
• Forest fires: for profit in the West, a weapon of war in the East 

  State forces have been burning forests in Turkey and Kurdistan for years. While it is about profit in western Turkey, it is a war tactic in the East.
• Austrian Chancellor: Turkey’s accession talks should end 

  “Turkey has steadily moved away from Europe and its values in recent years.”
• Arabization, Islamization and Kurdish ban in occupied Afrin 

  German Society for Threatened Peoples reported Arabization, Islamization and language bans in the northern Syrian Kurdish region of Afrin.
• Syrian Democratic Council meets after Congress 

  The first meeting to kick off the new work after the Congress was held in Gîre Spi.
• HPG hit Turkish forces in Barzan 

  Turkish occupying forces were hit in Barzan by HPG guerrillas.
• Protests continue in Iraq despite curfew 

  Protest demonstrations continue in Iraq for the 9th day.
• ISIS suspects in Turkey won’t be tried for crime against humanity 

  Ankara Tribunal ruled against a trial for crimes against humanity.
• State of Emergency: out through the door, in from the window 

  A new law proposal will leave OHAL in place.
• Syria: Back to the beginning! 

  Mesopotamia Agency (MA) journalist Nazım Daştan analyzes the offensive of the Syrian army in the south of the country and possible new areas of conflict in the Syria war.
• Öcalan posters in London 

  The Special Patrol Group has hung pictures of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in London.
• Investigation against HDP MPs 

  Investigation has been launched against HDP deputies Remziye Tosun and Musa Farisoğulları.
• Trial of journalists and lawyers opens in Istanbul 

  Twenty-three people are under trial as a result of what lawyers described as ‘an illegal investigation’.
• After the People's Tribunal verdict on Turkey, a meeting 

  An event in London to discuss the next stops after the guilt verdict on Turkey by the People's Tribunal.
• Police attack families of Soma mine disaster victims in Ankara 

  Families of Soma mine disaster victims and their lawyers were attacked by the police as they wanted to gather in front of the Council of Judges and Prosecutors in capital city Ankara.
• Will AKP perpetuate the State of Emergency? 

  Pro-AKP columnist Abdulkadir Selvi wrote that the State of Emergency could be perpetuated, and a 30-point ‘Anti-Terror Law is being worked on to this end.
• 16 detained in raid on HDP office in Istanbul 

  Police raided the HDP office in Istanbul’s Sancaktepe district and detained at least 16 people.
• If 10 times are not enough: The farce of Erciş Hospital 

  Opened again before the 24 June elections, it's now closed and will be reopened before local elections.
• Group of women members of DAESH arrested in Raqqa 

  The women were carrying out intelligence work for DAESH (ISIS).
• Protesters in Iraq set up a Demonstrators Council 

  Demonstrators in Iraq asked the army to replace government officials.
• Protests in Iraq spread as people ignore bans 

  Demonstrations are being organised in many cities included Baghdad.
• 100 fighters start training to join the SDF 

  100 new fighters started their training at the Martyr Qendîl Academy.
• Kurdish politician from German Left Party detained in Turkey 

  Kurdish politician Dilan Düzgün from Germany was arrested at Dalaman airport in Turkey.
• Irish Senate voted against Palestinian occupation  

  The Senate passed a bill banning import of goods from Israeli settlements on Palestinian occupied lands