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• HDP’s Temelli: Demirtaş is Turkey’s candidate, must be released 

  HDP co-chair reiterated that Presidential candidate Demirtaş should be released.
• Argentina haunted by the ghost of the financial crack 

  The right-wing government of Mauricio Macri has managed to double the country’s external debt.
• Tensions continue in Kazerun city of Iran 

  Popular protests continue in Iran’s Kazerun city for the fourth day.
• HDP’s Demirtaş denied newspaper with his own interview 

  HDP’s presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtaş has not been given the newspaper that published an interview with him.
• Governor of Kirkuk denounces strong doubts in election results 

  Kirkuk Governor Rakan Said announced that they rejected the results due to the shady general elections held in Iraq and South Kurdistan on May 12.
• KNK statement on Iraqi elections 

  National Unity is the key to make South Kurdistan a center of peace, KNK said.
• Partiya Îslamiya Kurdistan: “HDP is the only alternative” 

  The Partiya Îslamiya Kurdistan says: “We will be supporting the Kurdish alliance, the HDP in the elections.”
• Kurds of Armenia: “Erdoğan-Bahçeli can be stopped with the HDP” 

  Kurds in Armenia called on all Kurds to support the HDP for June 24.
• Death of a Kurdish child in Belgium: Call for resignations 

  A 18 month old girl lost her life when the police opened fire on a vehicle transporting refugees they were pursuing in Belgium. Authorities first attempted to cover up the mater, but the autopsy has revealed the truth.
• Six ISIS members captured in Iraq 

  Six ISIS members have been captured alive in Nineveh city of Iraq.
• “AKP doesn’t have a discourse appealing to Kurds” 

  SAMER coordinator said the AKP tries to ignore the Kurdish question hoping to stop vote loss.
• Crisis in Iraq deepening 

  More accusations of fraud leave Iraq and South Kurdistan in a very delicate situation.
• Official election results for Iraq and South Kurdistan announced 

  ​​​​​​​The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission has released the official results of the May 12 parliamentary elections in Iraq and South Kurdistan.
• Demirtaş: I am a revolutionary, not a victim 

  HDP Presidential candidate is running his campaign from prison with very limited means.
• Iranian President Rouhani visits Turkey 

  Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is visiting Turkey to attend the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s extraordinary summit.
• Mother of Icelander internationalist issues open letter 

  Haukur Hilmarsson’s mother, Eva Hauksdóttir, has issued an open letter to the governments of Iceland and the UK, imploring them “to confront Turkish authorities on their obligations to the dead.”
• PUK Co-founder Adel Murad dies in Germany 

  PUK Central Committee Member Adel Murad has passed away.
• Kurdish migrant toddler dies after police chase in Belgium 

  A two-year-old girl of Kurdish origin died in unclear circumstances on Thursday after police gave chase to a van carrying illegal migrants in southern Belgium.
• Reflections on social media and struggle 

  Social media cannot replace the struggle on the street.
• 81 deputies call for emergency meeting of Iraqi Parliament 

  The deputies want to discuss election results stained by accusations of fraud.
• HDP's Yüksekdağ: Free our Presidential Candidate Demirtaş 

  Former HDP co-chair said at her trial that HDP will make history in the 24 June elections.
• Demirtaş announces personal assets 

  HDP’s Presidential Candidate Selahattin Demirtaş announced his personal assets before the June 24 elections.
• Members resigning from Vatan Party want to join the HDP 

  The members who resigned from the Vatan Party after leader Doğu Perinçek said, “If I am president, I will have the HDP shut down” visited the HDP Amed branch and announced that they will be signing up for the HDP en masse in the coming days.
• Journalist Ahmet Şık applies to be a candidate from the HDP 

  Journalist Ahmet Şık announced that he applied to be a candidate from the HDP.
• Erdoğan spends 6 million Liras every day 

  Erdoğan has used 747 million Liras from the discretionary fund in the first 4 months of 2018, spending 6.225.000 Liras every day outside of official expenses.