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• Young activists in Draguignan protest isolation of Abdullah Öcalan 

  In Draguignan, young CKF members protested the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, who was held captive in İmralı, and the Turkish state's invasion attacks on South Kurdistan.
• Pezeshkian wins presidential race in Iran 

  Masod Pezeshkian is the new president of Iran.
• Justice Ministry one again rejects Osman Kavala's request for retrial  

  Osman Kavala's request for a retrial has been denied once again by the Justice Ministry.
• Some village guards resign after being forced to move to occupied Afrin 

  Some village guards who were forced to be taken to the Kurdish city of Afrin, which has been under occupation since 2018 and where protests against the Turkish state continue, resigned.
• International campaign against Turkey's occupation of Iraq and South Kurdistan 

  The petition, addressed to the Iraqi people, government, parliament, the United Nations and the international community, denounces Turkish invasion attacks and crimes and calls for the immediate expulsion of Turkish forces from Iraq and South Kurdistan.
• Öcalan's lawyers submit another application for a visit to Imrali 

  Lawyers filed an application to be allowed a visit with their clients Abdullah Öcalan, Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş in İmralı Island Prison.
• Second round of presidential election in Iran under way 

  Iranians are voting for the second round of the presidential election.
• Landslide victory for the Labour Party after 14 years of opposition  

  The Labour Party is on course for a landslide victory against outgoing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives.
• Laura Castel Fort: Even in Guantanamo there has been no such an isolation regime as Öcalan suffers 

  Laura Castel Fort, Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE, said that the isolation regime that Öcalan has been subject to is a kind of torture and an incomparable situation.
• Gaza death toll exceeds 38,000 

  At least 58 people have died in the last 24 hours of the war in the Gaza Strip.
• Activists from Frankfurt am Main take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg  

  A group from Frankfurt am Main has taken over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg and called on the European institutions to abide by their own legal principles.
• Activists on vigil in front of the UN for 41 months appeal to international organisations 

  For 41 months, Kurds have been on vigil in front of the UN Office in Geneva, calling on CPT, UN and CoE to take action against the isolation of Abdullah Öcalan every week.
• Isolation of Öcalan discussed at the UN: Human Rights Council must act 

  The isolation of Abdullah Öcalan was discussed at a conference at the UN Human Rights Council. Speakers drew attention to the unprecedented unlawfulness in İmralı and called on the UN to take action.
• KCK calls for solidarity with all Syrian peoples against racist attacks in Turkey 

  KCK stated that the recent wave of attacks against Syrian refugees in Turkey, with lynchings, targeted shootings, and raids on their homes, vehicles, and workplaces, are the results of the manipulation that is being catalyzed by the Turkish state.
• Mıhçı: Racist attacks are the consequences of war policies 

  Pointing out that racist attacks against refugees stem from the consequences of the approval of the war, DEM Party member Murad Mıhçı said that dialogue between peoples can only be established through peaceful policies.
• Hamas says death toll in Gaza Strip has reached 38,000 

  The Health Ministry of the Hamas government ruling the Gaza Strip announced that the death toll from Israeli attacks since 7 October has reached nearly 38,000.
• Turkish sergeants who sexually assaulted minors in Çukurca set free  

  Out of 5 Turkish sergeants who sexually assaulted two minors during a concert in Çukurca, 2 were detained for a short while and then set free.
• Two lawyers detained in Istanbul 

  An executive and a member of the Contemporary Lawyers Association were taken into custody in house raids in Istanbul.
• Pogrom against Syrians: Racist attacks spread across Turkey 

  In Turkey, racists and fascists hunted Syrians in many cities during the night. Workplaces and houses were attacked and looting took place. Many people were subjected to collective lynching.
• 10 defendants sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment in Ankara Massacre Case 

  The verdict was announced in the case on the massacre committed by ISIS in Ankara on 10 October 2015. 10 defendants were sentenced to aggravated life imprisonment.
• Co-mayor of Hakkari Municipality calls for a joint struggle 

  Co-Mayor of Hakkari Municipality, Viyan Tekçe, called for increasing solidarity against the usurpation of people’s will through the appointment of a trustee in the place of the democratically elected co-mayor.
• Vigil in Adana: Imrali is the address for the solution to the Kurdish question 

  Participants in the vigil against the usurpation of people's will in Adana said that Imrali was the address for the solution to the Kurdish question.
• Kurdish workers attacked in Muğla  

  Around twenty fascists attacked Kurdish workers in Muğla / Seydikemer, claiming that they had not let them pass. Abdulhalim Yavuz, who was injured, said: “We suffered this attack because we are Kurds. They want us to leave.”
• Solidarity events with Kurdistan in the cities of Mantova, Parma and Reggio Emilia 

  Solidarity events with Kurdistan were held in the cities of Mantova, Parma and Reggio Emilia. Activists condemned the Turkish state's aggression against the Kurds.
• Presidential election in Iran moves to run-off 

  Since no candidate has achieved an absolute majority in the presidential election in Iran, there will be a run-off election on 5 July between the reformer Masoud Pezeshkian and the ultra-conservative politician Saeed Jalili.