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• ‘March for Democracy’ reaches Hakkari 

  Before the rally to be held in Hakkari against the usurpation of the municipality, the ‘March to Hakkari for Democracy’ continued on its third day.
• Guerrillas make success inevitable with creative tactics 

  The guerrilla forces, who give hope not only to the Kurdish people but also to all the peoples oppressed by the invaders through their struggle, make success inevitable with creative tactics.
• Former co-mayors and deputy co-mayors of Ergani Municipality imprisoned 

  The Turkish judiciary imprisoned 6 politicians, including former co-mayors and deputy co-mayors of Ergani Municipality, on charges of ‘membership in an illegal organisation’.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrillas Merîvan and Sipêrtî who fell in Xakurke six years ago 

  Guerrillas Avînar Merîvan and Rûken Sipêrtî fell in Xakurke six years ago. The HPG paid tribute to them, saying they were courageous revolutionaries of the Kurdish people and selfless defenders of a free life.
• March for Democracy: Our resistance will continue everywhere 

  The March for Democracy in protest at the usurpation of the Hakkari Municipality started in Şemdinli district yesterday and continues in Yüksekova district today.
• Villages in Yüksekova sealed off due to military operation 

  Two villages in Yüksekova have been sealed off by the Turkish army due to a military operation. A curfew has been imposed on the locals and a ban on access to the mountain pastures has been imposed.
• Guerrilla thwarts attacks by the Turkish army 

  The series of guerrilla actions in the first days of June once again demonstrates the power of HPG and YJA Star and shows that there is no safe place for the Turkish troops in South Kurdistan to retreat.
• Guerrillas carry out actions in Metîna and Zap 

  In Metîna, a member of the Turkish occupation forces was shot dead by a sniper from the YJA Star. The women's guerrilla also brought down a drone and destroyed the military's surveillance equipment.
• "March to Hakkari for Democracy" continues in Yüksekova 

  The first day of the "March to Hakkari for Democracy" was completed. Today the activists will make a press statement in Yüksekova.
• The ‘March to Hakkari for Democracy’ starts in Şemdinli 

  Before the rally to be held in Hakkari against the usurpation of the municipality, the 3-day ‘March to Hakkari for Democracy’ started in Şemdinli district.
• Tatvan Co-Mayor: There is no legal obligation to keep Erdoğan’s photo in office 

  Mümin Erol, Co-Mayor of the DEM Party-run Tatvan district of Bitlis, testified on charges of ‘insulting the president’ for taking down a photograph of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan from his office.
• Gerîla TV releases footage of Turkish UCAV downed in Asos 

  A Turkish combat drone was shot down by guerrillas in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) on 6 June.
• The ‘March to Hakkari for democracy’ to kick off from Şemdinli tomorrow 

  Before the rally to be held in Hakkari against the usurpation of the municipality, the 3-day march will start from Şemdinli district tomorrow.
• Iran’s Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Kurdish Sunni cleric 

  A 45-year-old Kurdish cleric from Bukan, who was arrested during the 'Jin, Jiyan, Azadi' uprising in the city, was sentenced to death and a 16-year prison term.
• DEM Party Hakkari organisation: It is time to make fascism take a step back 

  The Hakkari provincial organisation of the DEM Party made a call before the big rally planned to be held in the city on 13 June, saying: “Now it is time to increase the resistance in Hakkari and make the trustee fascism step back.”
• Bayindir: Kurds will not end the struggle until they obtain their rights 

  DBP Co-Chair Keskin Bayındır emphasised the role of Abdullah Öcalan in the solution of the Kurdish question and said, “The day is the day of solution and freedom. Kurds will not end the struggle until they obtain their rights."
• Footage of wreckage of Turkish UCAV downed by guerrillas in Asos 

  RojNews published footage of the wreckage of a Turkish combat drone shot down by guerrillas in southern Kurdistan.
• Political genocide continues: Five people detained in Ergani, including two former mayors 

  Five people were taken into custody in Ergani, including two former mayors of the district.
• Guerrillas shot down a Turkish UCAV in Asos 

  In Asos, an ANKA-type UCAV of the Turkish state was shot down by the guerrillas.
• Drone shot down on Mount Asos 

  It was reported that Kurdistan freedom guerrillas shot down a drone on Mount Asos.
• HPG: 11 Turkish soldiers were killed in actions by the guerrillas 

  In the actions carried out by the Kurdistan Freedom Guerrilla in Avaşîn and Metîna, 11 Turkish soldiers were killed and 2 tents were destroyed.
• Turkish army launches operation in Lice countryside  

  The Turkish army is deploying more troops in Lice where a military operation has just been launched.
• Hakkari Municipal Council rejects the usurper, elects an acting co-mayor 

  Rejecting the usurper in Hakkari Municipality, DEM Party Municipal Council members unanimously elected Viyan Tekçe as the acting co-mayor of the municipality.
• HPG pays tribute to guerrilla Welat Alikî 

  Around six months after his violent death, presumably from chemical weapons, the identity of a guerrilla who died in Mardin has been established. The guerrilla was Welat Alikî from Rojava.
• Co-mayor of Tatvan faces investigation for taking down Erdoğan’s photo from his office 

  An ex officio investigation was initiated against the DEM Party's Tatvan co-mayor for taking down a photo of Tayyip Erdoğan from his office.