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• One dead in explosion in Amed 

  Among dozens of people wounded in today's double bomb attack at HDP rally in Amed (Diyarbakır), one has lost his life.
• Minister of Energy: Explosion not caused by power transformer 

  Regarding the double bomb attack at the HDP rally in the main Kurdish city Amed, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Taner Yıldız said that there was an outside intervention in question.
• Indications of demolition bomb at HDP rally in Amed 

  Dozens have been injured in two concurrent blasts at HDP rally in Amed as Co-president Selahattin Demirtaş was about to take the stage to address tens of thousands in the area.
• Demirtaş receives International Peace Award 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş received International Peace Bureau’s 2015 International Peace Award. Demirtaş stated that every vote will play an active role in reshaping Turkey.
• Fascist civilian-police attack in Erzurum leaves 13 wounded 

  Fascist civilians and police attacked the HDP rally in Erzurum and wounded 13 people. People protested the Turkish president Erdoğan’s targeting of HDP. HDP member Birtane emphasized the role of the police in the events.
• FARC-EP and Colombian government agree on Truth Commission 

  The Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP have agreed on creation of Commission for the Clarification of the Truth,Coexistence and Non Repetition which will be an independent and impartial mechanism of extra-judicial nature.
• Öge's body transported for burial 

  Hundreds of vehicles transport the body of Hamdullah Öge, who was murdered by counter guerillas as he was driving back home in his HDP announcement vehicle last night, to Öğe’s village for burial.
• YNK committee supports HDP as it visits Kışanak before the elections 

  Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (YNK) committee from Southern Kurdistan visited Amed Metropolitan Municipality Co-President Gültan Kışanak before the elections to show support and solidarity.
• Police-backed fascists attack HDP supporters in Erzurum 

  Police-backed fascists attack thousands of HDP supporters who were walking to the area where HDP’s Erzurum rally will take place today.
• More than 30 bullet holes found on Öge’s body 

  As police investigation began on the murder of HDP announcement vehicle driver Hamdullah Öge, HDP Bingöl Parliamentarian Serhat Gümüş stated that there are more than 30 bullet holes on Öge’s body.
• Police-backed fascist groups attack HDP supporters in Erzurum 

  Thousands of supporters of HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) were attacked by police-backed fascist groups on their way to the area where a HDP rally will take place today afternoon.
• One killed in armed attack on HDP vehicle in Bingöl 

  An election vehicle of the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) was targeted by an armed attack in Bingöl which left the driver, Hamdullah Öğe, dead.
• Vigil for Freedom for Öcalan continues in its 154th week 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg continues in its 154th week.
• French Left Party: HDP is the only party to break AKP’s hegemony 

  Parti de Gauche, one of the largest components of the Left Front in France, said that HDP’s overcoming the electoral threshold in the general elections to be held on 7 June is vital to the future of Turkey and of Rojava.
• Bayık: AKP wants to sacrifice everything for the sake of power 

  KCK Executive Council Co-President Bayık stated that AKP manipulated feelings prevalent among the society and created the illusion that it was going to solve the Kurdish issue peacefully.
• Armed attack on HDP office in Eskişehir 

  Attacks on the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) offices are going on with only 5 days left to general elections to take place in Turkey and North Kurdistan this Sunday.
• Demirtaş: We will advocate peace in the Middle East and everywhere else 

  Demirtaş saluted Kurdish and Turkish people who have been able to live together peacefully despite the difficult history and conditions they have had as well as the oppression and tortures they have endured.
• 120 Kobanê children in Amed complete Kurdish courses 

  120 children from Kobanê, whose families took refuge in the main Kurdish city Amed, have completed the Kurdish courses they attended at Education and Culture House of Kayapınar municipality.
• Police attack HDP group in Isparta 

  A group of HDP members were attacked by police in Isparta yesterday after attending a ceremony organized by labor and democracy forces to mark the second year of the Gezi uprising.
• ‘Political strike’ by HDP members against attacks 

  HDP Tekirdağ branch and HDP candidates in Tekirdağ have launched a one-day political strike against attacks which they have suffered since the start of the election campaign in the province.
• Gezi martyrs commemorated amid state of emergency 

  Despite the state of emergency in Taksim declared by the AKP, hundreds march towards Gezi Park on the anniversary of Gezi resistance.
• Önder: If we fail to enter parliament they will declare war 

  HDP Ankara candidates spoke in Ankara yesterday, saying the HDP was the only party that could resolve Turkey's problems.
• 6 detained for distributing HDP leaflets 

  6 people have been taken into custody by the security forces for distributing HDP leaflets in the Erciş district of Van. The 6 are said to have been detained after a complaint, and were interrogated at the police station for 6 hours.
• Miners who survived Soma Massacre charged 

  While the trial of the company owners in the Soma mine disaster that claimed the lives of 301 workers in May, 2014 is dragging on, the miners who survived the massacre have been charged with “deliberately damaging property”
• Constitutional Court abolishes provision against religious weddings 

  The Turkish Constitutional Court has annulled the provision in the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) that is used to prosecute those who carry out and officiate at religious wedding ceremonies prior to the official wedding ceremony, which is compulsory.