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• Mauro Palma sends open letter to the CPT 

  Mauro Palma, former President of the CPT, wrote an open letter about the situation of Ōcalan.
• Kurdish women in Winterthur send 176 letters to the CPT  

  Kurdish women living in Winterthur joined the campaign to send letters to the CPT.
• Second Kobanê case against five HDP politicians opens today 

  The first hearing of the second Kobanê conspiracy case filed against five HDP politicians will be held today.
• CHP delegation visits Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality 

  The CHP delegation visited the areas hit by the fire four days ago and paid condolence visits to the families of the victims. The delegation then visited Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality.
• Dozens of prisoners suffer food poisoning in Amed 

  After eating prison food, more than 30 prisoners detained in the Diyarbakır prison complex had to be hospitalised due to severe food poisoning.
• Support from Ljubljana to the campaign for Öcalan 

  Worldwide participation in the campaign for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan who is held in absolute isolation in the Turkish Island Prison of İmralı where he has been held since his abduction as a result of an international conspiracy in 1999.
• Press conference on Abdullah Öcalan in Strasbourg to be held on Tuesday 

  An 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.
• KCDK-E: Tomorrow we will take to the streets to end 25 years of lawlessness! 

  The KCDK-E said that they will be staging actions in many European cities on 25 June to demand the end of more than 25 years of isolation, torture and lawlessness against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• KON-MED holds 4th Interim Meeting 

  The 4th Interim Period Meeting of KON-MED started in Germany. This meeting is dedicated to "the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the martyrs."
• Hamas: Death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 37,598 

  The Ministry of Health of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip government announced that the number of people killed by Israel in the nearly nine-month war has risen to 37,598.
• Mardin Medical Chamber's report: Insufficient response to fire, no burn unit 

  Mardin Medical Chamber shared with the public the preliminary investigation report it prepared regarding the fire that killed 15 people and caused great destruction.
• Kurdish activists stage civil disobedience at music festival in Marseille 

  Kurdish youths unfurled posters of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan at a music festival in Marseille.
• Peace in Kurdistan: We'll all gain if progressive independents win seats in UK general election 

  The Peace in Kurdistan campaign said in a statement that "Andrew Feinstein and other independent voices deserve our full unequivocal support."
• Global week of events: Dialogues with Öcalan in Edinburgh 

  Global week of events: Dialogues with Öcalan in Edinburgh.
• Heyva Sor launches aid campaign as 12 people are confirmed dead in fire in North Kurdistan 

  The fire in North Kurdistan, caused by the negligence of the Turkish authorities, has cost the lives of twelve people. Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê has launched a fundraising campaign.
• DEM Party: We will experience our pain together and heal our wounds together 

  DEM Party Co-Chairs Tülay Hatimoğulları and Tuncer Bakırhan made a statement regarding the fire in Amed and Mardin, saying: "We will never leave our people affected by the fires alone; we will experience our pain together and heal our wounds together."
• Heyva Sor calls for financial support for victims of the fire in Amed-Mardin 

  Following the devastating fire between Amed and Mardin, Heyva Sor a Kurdistanê calls for financial aid from the Kurdish people and their friends, especially those living in Europe.
• March in Athens demands 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan'  

  A march was staged in Athens, the capital of Greece, demanding the physical freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• ‘Dialogue with Abdullah Öcalan’ event in São Paulo 

  ‘Dialogue with Abdullah Öcalan’ event in São Paulo discussed the topic "Voices of the Kurdish Revolution: Democratic Confederalism, Women's Movements and Jineology".
• Armenia recognizes the State of Palestine 

  Armenia recognized the State of Palestine.
• Abdullah Öcalan's ideas discussed at the University of Valencia 

  Within the framework of the Days of Dialogue with Öcalan, the Catalan Students' Union in Valencia discussed the situation of Kurdistan and Catalan countries and put forward ideas on the axis of Abdullah Öcalan's paradigms.
• Panels in Finland within the scope of ‘Dialogue with Öcalan’ days 

  Panels on the İmralı System, the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the attacks against the Kurdish people were held in Helsinki and Turku in Finland.
• DEM Party delegation holds talks in Rome 

  DEM Party delegation met with parliamentary officials and political parties in the Italian capital.
• Delegation from Shengal meets with German parliamentarians in Berlin 

  A delegation from Shengal met with MPs and women's organisations in the German capital Berlin.
• Lemkow: Öcalan plays a key role in solving the Kurdish question 

  Sociologist Prof. Louis Lemkow of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona called for the release of Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned for 25 years, a plays a key role in solving the Kurdish question.