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• DİSK Secretary General detained in Istanbul 

  DİSK (Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions) Secretary General Arzu Çerkezoğlu has been detained by police in Istanbul.
• HDP delegation meets with EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn 

  A delegation from the HDP (Peoples' Democratic Party) chaired by co-president Selahattin Demirtaş continues their official talks in Belgium's capital Brussels.
• Turkish army using banned weapons against guerrillas 

  Footage by ANF shows that cluster bombs that are banned from use in 109 countries around the world are being used by the Turkish army against guerrilla forces in the mountains of Kurdistan.
• ‘Turkey violated all national and international laws’ 

  At a UN conference, TİHV representative Coşkun Üsterci stated that the Turkish state violated all national and international laws during its war against the PKK, and lawyer Gamze Yalçın emphasized that human rights violations have peaked in Turkey.
• EP Rapporteur Piri: No visa deal if HDP parliamentarians are jailed 

  In a speech at the European Parliament, EP Rapporteur for Turkey Kati Piri stated that the EP would never approve the visa agreement if Turkey jails even 1 HDP parliamentarian.
• EU Envoy to Turkey resigns 

  Reuters reported that the European Union's top envoy to Turkey has resigned, a month after he was summoned by Turkey's foreign ministry over comments critical of Ankara's handling of a landmark migration deal.
• KCK condemns the ISIS attack in Orlando 

  KCK condemned the attack in the city of Orlando in Florida, the US, and stated that the Kurdish Freedom Movement and people would continue to fight against the fascist heresy of ISIS.
• UN Commissioner: Turkey attacks Kurdish towns with heavy weaponry 

  United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein brought forward the Turkish state's genocidal attacks in North Kurdistan territory during the regular session in Geneva.
• TAK announces the ID of militant who carried out the Istanbul action 

  Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Teyrêbazên Azadiya Kurdistan-TAK) announced that the action of self-sacrifice in Istanbul's Beyazıt district on June 7 was carried out by their militant Eylem Newroz.
• Draft proposing military immunity submitted to Parliamentary Assembly 

  A draft prepared by the Defense Ministry which proposes legal protection for soldiers of the Turkish army was approved by the Turkish parliament’s national defense commission yesterday.
• TAK claims responsibility for the action against riot police in Istanbul 

  Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (Teyrêbazên Azadiya Kurdistan-TAK) has claimed responsibility for the action conducted in Istanbul's Beyazıt district at 08:40 in the morning of June 7, 2016.
• Bayık: Erdoğan is bringing himself and Turkey to an end 

  KCK Executive Council Co-President Cemil Bayık stated that Tayyip Erdoğan and the AKP government were exposing Turkey to great dangers with their hysterical and impertinent policies.
• 22 people die during bomb attacks in Baghdad 

  22 people died and 70 people got critically injured during two separate bomb attacks in the Iraqi capitol Baghdad. The coordinated attacks occurred in the market place in Jadida.
• EP Group Chairpersons: Erdoğan regime must be stopped 

  The EP group chairpersons oppose the coup attempt on the HDP and the attacks of the Erdoğan regime and are taking action to stop them. The EP general assembly have the lifting of the immunities and the attacks of the Turkish state on the agenda.
• Russia: Weapons were transported from Turkey to ISIS in convoys 

  Russia has announced they have detected a convoy transporting arms to ISIS gangs from Turkey.
• HBDH: 6 high-ranking soldiers killed on Trabzon-Gümüşhane highway 

  HBDH Joint Command announced that 6 high-ranking soldiers were killed as a result of an action by their militants that targeted a gendarme minibus on Trabzon-Gümüşhane highway on June 5.
• Broadcast ban on the blast in Istanbul 

  A broadcast ban has been issued on the blast in Istanbul’s Vezneciler district targeting a riot police bus.
• Roboski Massacre to be taken to the ECHR 

  Roboski residents’ mission for justice for the 34 massacred civilians had entered its 5th year before 2 more people were killed. Now the mission will continue for 36 lives lost.
• 7 policemen and 4 civilians die in the Istanbul blast 

  According to the governor of Istanbul, 7 policemen died and 4 civilians lost their lives in the explosion. Sources say the death toll is actually higher.
• Bomb attack on riot police vehicle in İstanbul 

  An explosion occurred in İstanbul’s Beyazıt district during the passing of a riot police bus Tuesday morning.
• Rojava representatives meet with Kurdish businessmen in Moscow 

  Representatives from Rojava Autonomous Administration met with businessmen from Rojava in Moscow.
• Missile attack from Turkish land targets Kobanê 

  A missile attack has been conducted from Turkish land targeting the Kobanê town of Rojava (West) Kurdistan Sunday evening.
• Tens of people violently detained after the rally in Istanbul 

  Police violently detained tens of people that participated in the "Democratic resistance against the intervention" rally organized by the HDP in Istanbul.
• Demirtaş and Sarıyıldız tell the UN about the people burned alive in Cizre 

  HDP co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş, Şırnak MP Faysal Sarıyıldız and Europe representative Eyüp Doru, met officials from the UN Human Rights Council Secretariat and asked them to take action regarding the massacres in Northern Kurdistan.
• French court rejects Ömer Güney's demand for conditional release 

  A French court has rejected a demand for conditional release of Ömer Güney, the main suspect in the assassination of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in French capital Paris on 9 January, 2013.