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• Group from Hamburg takes over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on week 472 

  A new group from Hamburg took over the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg on week 472.
• Police stop mine workers on their way to Ankara 

  Police stopped protesting mine workers at the city limits of Ankara. The mine workers were dismissed in 2011. Although there is a right to compensation, it has not been paid out to date.
• Sancar: Freedom can be achieved through a common struggle 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Co-Chair Mithat Sancar said that “The only way to defend freedom is to expand the common struggle. There is no resistance without a joint struggle.”
• Democracy forces endorse HDP 

  Labour and democracy forces held a meeting in Ankara saying, “We defend the HDP's right to do politics”. At the meeting, it was emphasized that freedom is not possible without action.
• HDP Vigil: Gergerlioğlu is the will of the people 

  The Justice Vigil for Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu launched by the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in front of Sincan Prison continued despite the police crackdown.
• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan on Imrali 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• Şenyaşar family receives death threats from AKP deputy's brother 

  The Şenyaşar family stated that Süleyman Yıldız, the brother of AKP Deputy İbrahim Halil Yıldız, has threatened them with death.
• Police attack HDP's Justice Vigil in Ankara 

  Turkish police attacked the Justice Vigil launched by HDP in front of Sincan Prison in Ankara to support its jailed lawmaker Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu.
• KCDK-E calls on everyone to join march from Lausanne to Geneva 

  The KCDK-E Co-Presidency Council said that a march will be organized from Lausanne to Geneva between 10 and 12 July to protest the Turkish invasion attacks.
• YJA Star guerrilla Şevin Roşna Hocaoğlu laid to rest in Amed 

  YJA Star guerrilla Şevin Roşna Hocaoğlu (Amara Serhat), who fell as a martyr in the air attack carried out by the invading Turkish army on the Martyr Mizgîn area of Bitlis on 12 August 2020, was buried in Amed.
• Activists in Munich commemorate the victims of Sivas massacre 

  Activists in Munich commemorated the victims of Sivas massacre.
• Brazilians take to the streets demanding President Bolsonaro to go 

  Social movements, trade unions, and human rights activists in Brazil demonstrated to condemn the recent corruption scandal linking President Jair Bolsonaro with the purchase at inflated prices of Indian-produced Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine.
• Three village guards refuse to join Turkish army operation in South Kurdistan 

  Three village guards in the Güçlükonak district of Şirnak refused to participate in the operation carried out by the Turkish army in South Kurdistan and laid down their arms.
• Over 400 undocumented refugees on hunger strike in Brussels 

  In Brussels, over 400 "sans-papiers", people without papers, have been refusing to eat for 43 days. With the hunger strike they demand a permanent right to stay in Belgium, while the government speaks of "blackmail".
• "Defend Kurdistan" demos in Berlin, Stuttgart and Frankfurt 

  Demonstrations were staged in Berlin, Stuttgart and Frankfurt on the occasion of the day of action "DEFEND KURDISTAN - against the Turkish occupation".
• International participation in the day of action "Defend Kurdistan" 

  Thousands of people around the world participated in the international day of action of the initiative #DefendKurdistan against the Turkish occupation.
• Defend Kurdistan welcomes the Zapatistas in Madrid 

  Among the different groups that welcomed the Zapatista delegation in Madrid are Rojava Azadî Madrid and Women Defend Rojava Madrid.
• Police attack students at Boğaziçi University 

  Police attacked students who protested the ban on students and professors from entering Boğaziçi University until Monday.
• Protest in Hamburg against Turkish attacks on Kurdistan 

  In Hamburg, hundreds of people demonstrated against Turkey's aggressive expansion policy in South Kurdistan on the occasion of the day of action of the Defend Kurdistan Initiative.
• Hunger strikes in prisons reach day 219 

  The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 219th day. The hunger strike action in Maxmur has reached day 198 and in Greece day 181.
• Political genocide in Istanbul: 22 detained 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue unabated.
• UN Verification Mission in Colombia expresses concern about government's handling of protests 

  The United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia (UNMC) acknowledged that the prolonged protests express unprecedented social unrest in the South American country.
• Activists at the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil: Kurds must be united to exist 

  Kurds participating in the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg drew attention to the importance of national unity and emphasized that the Kurds have to be united in order to exist.
• Guerrilla commander Agit Şevger laid to rest in Bismil 

  Guerrilla commander Agit Şevger, who fell in May, was buried in Bismil. Şevger was a member of the HPG headquarters in Amed and fell as a martyr during a military operation.
• Former Amed co-mayors on trial for introducing co-presidential system 

  Jailed co-mayors of Amed, Gülten Kışanak and Fırat Anlı, as well as 63 members of the city council are on trial for introducing a co-presidential system in the city council.