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• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• YPS Martyr Kawa Çekdar Retaliation Team targets Nusaybin AKP provincial chair 

  YPS Martyr Kawa Çekdar Retaliation Team said they carried out a bombing action targeting the house of AKP district chairman in Mardin's Nusaybin district.
• KON-MED celebrates its second congress in Cologne 

  The Kurdish umbrella organization KON-MED held its second congress. The new co-chairs are the exiled politicians Zübeyde Zümrüt and Engin Sever.
• Iranian soldiers injure two kolbars, one a child 

  Iranian soldiers injured 2 kolbars, 1 of them a child.
• Activists in Oldenburg condemn Turkish attacks on Maxmur and South Kurdistan 

  A rally was held in Oldenburg to condemn the Turkish state's fascist attacks on South Kurdistan and Maxmur.
• Activists in Milan protest the Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  Kurds and their friends gathered in front of the Facebook building in Milan, to protest the Turkish state's attacks on Medya Defense Areas.
• PCF delegation travels to Hewler 

  A delegation of the French Communist Party will travel to Hewlêr (Erbil) next week to express solidarity with the KNK amid Turkey's escalating military aggression in South Kurdistan (Bashur).
• KCDK-E: Stop the Turkish state under dictator Erdogan! 

  After the Turkish drone attack on Maxmur Camp, the Kurdish umbrella organization in Europe, KCDK-E appeals to the Kurdish people and all people in solidarity not to watch the crimes of the Erdogan dictatorship in silence.
• Demonstration in Rome condemns Turkish attacks on South Kurdistan 

  Kurdish and Italian activists gathered in Rome to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the invasion operations carried out by Turkey against South Kurdistan.
• Activists in Montpellier protest Turkish attacks on Maxmur Camp and Metina 

  The invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state both against the Metina and Maxmur camp in South Kurdistan were protested in Montpellier.
• Kurdish youth in Drancy and Marseille protest the Turkish state and the KDP  

  Kurdish youth protested the Turkish state and the KDP with demonstrations in Drancy, Paris,and in Marseille.
• Activists in Basel protest the Turkish attacks against Maxmur 

  Activists in Basel protested the Turkish attacks against Maxmur Refugee Camp.
• US ambassador to the UN calls on Turkey to "respect rights of refugees" after attack on Maxmur 

  The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, issued a short declaration on Twitter after the Turkish drone attack on Maxmur Camp in South Kurdistan and called on everyone "to respect the rights of the refugees".
• Ilhan: Iraqi government and the UN responsible for the Turkish attack on Maxmur 

  Leyla Arzu Ilhan, member of the Diplomacy Committee of the Ishtar Assembly, said: “The responsibility for the attack on Maxmur lies with the UN and the Iraqi government."
• The KNK calls for dialogue about the situation in the region of Metina 

  The KNK called for sensitivity and dialogue about the situation in the region of Metina, in the Medya Defense Area.
• Öker: No one should assume a bluff 

  Turgut Öker, honorary chairman of the Alevi Federation of Europe, assumes that Sedat Peker's statement about a planned attack on an Alevi community center cannot be dismissed out of hand.
• Strasbourg vigil: "Europe should not be a partner to Turkey’s crimes" 

  The four-week vigil against occupation and genocide in Strasbourg has ended with a rally. Activists called on Europe not to be a partner to the crimes committed by the Turkish state against the Kurdish people.
• Political genocide in Amed and Maraş: 19 detained 

  19 opposition figures have been detained in police raids in the provinces of Amed and Maraş. Further persons have been put on the wanted list.
• Children of Fire Initiative burns 3 workplaces and 2 boats 

  Children of Fire Initiative announced that they set fire to a factory, a workshop, a workplace, two boats and one automobile “belonging to fascists” in four cities.
• Rainbow Trial: "We will shine in all our colors!" 

  Twelve students have been put on trial for displaying rainbow flags in Istanbul. The previously issued registration orders were partially lifted, but the bans on leaving the country were reaffirmed.
• Mother Şenyaşar continues vigil for justice for murdered family members 

  Emine Şenyaşar continues to carry out her resistance and condemns the cruelty of the Turkish government
• At least 232 workplace homicides registered in Turkey in May 

  ISIG announced that at least 232 workers died at workplace during the month of May.
• Iraqi President Salih: Turkey is responsible for crimes against the environment 

  Iraqi President Berhem Salih described the invading Turkish state's cutting down trees in South Kurdistan as an "environmental crime and inhumane practice".
• HDP delegation pays solidarity visit to Alevi federation 

  A delegation of the HDP visited the Federation of Alevi Unions in Istanbul after an allegation that a large-scale attack would be carried out soon against Alevi place of worship to stir up a conflict.
• Dr. Brauns: Germany knew about Peker's allegations 

  German historian and journalist-author Dr. Nick Brauns pointed out that the Turkish state's relationship with mafia and jihadists is known by western countries, including Germany.