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• Group from Sweden takes over the vigil for Öcalan 

  The vigil carried out for the freedom of Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan in front of the Council of Europe has been taken over by members of Netherlands Women’s Initiative in its 313th week.
• Repression and attacks against HDP continue 

  While Van city was put under blockade before the Erdoğan rally, more repression and attacks against the HDP were recorded in Osmaniye, Ağrı and Erzurum.
• Switzerland: arrest warrant against Turkish diplomats 

  The Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office has issued arrest warrants against two Turkish diplomats. The diplomats linked to the Turkish domestic intelligence service MIT are accused of planning to kidnap a businessman.
• "The joy of the people liberated from ISIS gives us strength" 

  YPJ fighter Doza Jiyan reports on the great joy with which the civilian population received them in the liberated Dashisha.
• Attack on HDP election office in Osmaniye 

  HDP election was attacked and damaged in Osmaniye, which HDP said is a provocation.
• Raqqa Workers' Bureau helping youth to find employment 

  The Bureau attends some 100 people a day
• Vote in Switzerland to end on Tuesday 

  In previous elections the HDP was the first party in Switzerland
• HDP Ankara MP Önder: “Together we will win” 

  The MP introduced the HDP candidates to shopkeepers in Ankara
• Amed to rally on 20 June: no place for Erdogan here 

  There is no place for the AKP in this city, said the HDP candidates
• Kızıltepe welcome the HDP candidates with slogans and chants 

  The city of young AKP victim Uğur Kaymaz was the chosen by the HDP for the first rally in Mardin
• Fake votes at customs  

  A citizen of the Repubic of Turkey went to the Düsseldorf Consulate General to vote, only to find out that somebody voted in their name 8 days ago at the Esenboğa Airport Customs Gate.
• Attacks on pro-Syrian regime forces leave 52 dead 

  No clue on attackers, US-led coalition denied being behind the attack.
• 26 people detained in pre-election raids 

  HDP members targeted in Ankara, Adıyaman and Adana.
• Demirtaş' TV speech from prison 

  “On June 24th, don’t put your fear in the envelope that you will cast in the ballot box, but your hopeful message for the future. Say “One vote HDP, one vote for Demirtas.”
• Demirtaş: June 24 will be the day of salvation 

  HDP's Presidential Candidate Selahattin Demirtaş sent new messages from the Edirne prison he is currently held in.
• AKP candidate exposes murderer AKP supporter in Suruç incident 

  AKP Urfa MP candidate for nomination, Hüseyin Şeyhanlıoğlu, accused the relatives and guards of AKP Urfa MP candidate Yıldız regarding the Suruç incident.
• 17 people detained in Adana 

  The AKP regime has accelerated mass detention operations before June 24 presidential and parliamentary elections.
• Right candidate Ivan Duque new President of Colombia 

  In the second round of the presidential election, the right wing candidate beats centre left Gustavo Pedro
• HDP’s Temelli rallies in Kocaeli with thousands of people 

  Temelli told people the HDP will overcome the threshold.
• Thousands attend the HDP rally in Istanbul 

  Despite police obstacles, thousands rally in Istanbul for the HDP.
• Fadıl Şenyaşar, family member of Suruç attack victims, jailed 

  Fadıl Şenyaşar, whose father and two brothers died as a result of AKP men’s armed attack in Suruç, has been jailed.
• Sancar MP: Government tries to leave the HDP under the threshold 

  The HDP Mardin deputy called on people to vote, as every vote counts.
• Fadıl, who lost father and two brothers in Suruç, detained 

  Fadıl Şenyaşar, whose father and two brothers died as a result of AKP men’s armed attack in Suruç, has been detained soon after he was discharged from hospital following treatment for the injuries he suffered in the attack.
• Turkish Board of Elections denies Demirtaş right to join rallies 

  The regional election committees had ruled in favour of the HDP presidential candidate’s participation in rallies.
• Dashisha town cleared of ISIS 

  SDF has liberated the town of Dashisha from ISIS invasion.