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• Besê Hozat: Guerrillas wage a relentless struggle against the Turkish state’s genocidal attacks 

  Besê Hozat, co-chair of the KCK Executive Council said that "the Turkish state is committing war crimes every day, every hour, and every minute."
• Sabri Ok: Abdullah Öcalan's situation should be everyone's main agenda 

  Sabri Ok said: "Not only the movement and our leadership, but also our people and international friends, should make Öcalan’s situation their main agenda, empathize, discuss what is right, what is one’s duty and responsibility, and what can be done."
• Hozat: Usurping the will of the people is part of Turkish genocide policies 

  "The trustee policy is part of genocide policies, Kurdish denial, and annihilation policies. The Turkish state does not want the Kurds to have a will anywhere. It does not want the Kurds to govern themselves," said Bese Hozat of the KCK.
• Besê Hozat: All the practices in Imrali are policies of Kurdish genocide 

  "Öcalan is the leader of a people, representing the will of millions. It is necessary to create conditions of freedom, security and health for him. Pressure must be intensified against relevant institutions to break the system of torture and isolation."
• Emergency press conference on Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg 

  An emergency press conference on Abdullah Öcalan will be held in Strasbourg on 25 June, the 12th anniversary of the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil and the Parliamentary Assembly session.
• Lucaroni: Those who fought against ISIS were betrayed 

  Sara Lucaroni, author of "The Light of Shengal" said: "What is happening in Kurdistan today is one of the results of what Western colonialism inflicted on these lands. Those who defeated ISIS were betrayed."
• A small gift from Girê Cûdî 

  The guerrillas in Girê Cûdî have been fighting against the Turkish occupiers for three years.
• Kalkan: Kurdish women’s freedom will set the standard for everyone 

  Kurdish freedom and the Kurdish women’s freedom will set the standard for all freedoms and democracies
• Hatip Dicle: The specter of Apoism is haunting the world 

  Hatip Dicle spoke of the growing global importance of Abdullah Öcalan's ideology and called for the freedom campaign to be expanded. He underlined the importance of the action days "Dialogues with Öcalan - ideas cannot be imprisoned".
• Kalkan: AKP-MHP government tries to frighten everyone through psychological warfare yet it fails 

  Duran Kalkan, spoke about the current efforts by Turkish president Erdoğan to try and maintain his reign by frightening everyone with psychological warfare.
• Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Campaign launches 'Dialogue with Öcalan – you can’t imprison ideas!' 

  A call from the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Campaign Committee for participation in the Global Days of Events from 15 to 22 June 2024, "Dialogue with Öcalan – you can’t imprison ideas!"
• Kalkan: The struggle against Imrali system of genocide is spreading both in Kurdistan and abroad 

  Duran Kalkan said: "We must expose the system in Imrali, which is based on illegality and immorality."
• Paech: Isolation is contrary to international law 

  International lawyer Norman Paech is one of the signatories of an appeal demanding the CPT to intervene against Abdullah Öcalan's solitary confinement.
• First murderers were acquitted, then Saturday Mothers were banned from Galatasaray Square 

  Director Veysi Altay recorded the struggle of the relatives of the disappeared. He attributes the fact that Galatasaray Square was only opened for the 1000th week and closed again to Turkey's denial of that open wound.
• Gerber: Rojava shows we can change existing systems and provide an alternative to nation states 

  Swiss historian Gerber said in the second part of this interview that "Rojava showed that capitalism is not indestructible."
• Middle East Youth Conference ends with final declaration 

  The Middle East Youth Conference, dedicated to Martyr Bişeng Brûsk, a member of the PKK Youth Committee who fell as a martyr in the attack by the Turkish state on Media Defense Areas, ended with a final declaration.
• Baluchi human rights activist addresses Middle East and North Africa Youth Conference 

  Human rights activist from Baluchistan, Dr. Mahrang Baluch, participated in the Middle East and North Africa Youth Conference
• Gerber: Öcalan and Bookchin's theories continue to be implemented in Rojava 

  Swiss historian Vincent Gerber said that nation-state models and representative democracies are now at an impasse, and added that "the theories of Abdullah Öcalan and Bookchin offer a new model for the future by challenging capitalism."
• Tekin: We will not recognize the trustees 

  DEM Party Amed Provincial co-chair Pınar Sakık Tekin said: "We will not recognize the trustees."
• Muna Yusuf, a story stretching from Gaza to Serêkaniyê 

  Muna Yusuf's parents are from Gaza. She herself was born in northern Syria and was expelled from her birthplace by the Turkish state. Today, the Palestinian woman is involved in the Syrian Women's Council to organize women from the Middle East.
• Open colonialism in Hakkari  

  What we see in Hakkari is a clear colonial situation. They can no longer hide colonialism in Kurdistan. The municipality is the municipality of the people there, the people made their choice, but they said, "I do not accept what you chose."
• Lawyer Argış: Prisoners are part of the political struggle 

  Political prisoners in Turkey have been resisting for years with the means at their disposal, says Istanbul lawyer Necla Mizgîn Argış. After many hunger strikes, they are now drawing attention to themselves with a communications boycott.
• KCK: The usurpation of political will in Hakkari is part of the Turkish state’s genocide policies! 

  The KCK called on all those who struggle for democracy, freedom, justice, and law to stand with the people of Hakkari.
• Hakkari resistance in photos 

  In Hakkari, the people and elected officials took to the streets against the trustee coup of the AKP-MHP fascist regime and defended their usurped municipality. Here are the photos of the resistance...
• KNK: Stop Erdoğan’s Political Coup, Defend the Will of Kurdish Voters! 

  The KNK called on the Council of Europe and the EU to take a strong stance against Erdoğan’s political coup in Hakkari.