Middle East

• 'One of the plans to annihilate the Yazidi people is to prevent their return to Shengal'
  Shengal Autonomous Council Vice Co-Chair Hisen Sado said that the invading Turkish state attacked the people of Shengal as part of its plans aiming at the evacuation of the Yazidi town.
• Remains of HPG guerrilla Deniz Hêlîn given to his family
  The remains of HPG guerrilla Deniz Hêlîn, who fell as a martyr in the airstrike carried out on 12 March in Mardin, were eventually taken by his family.
• 59 more families from Shengal return home
  59 families who were displaced after the ISIS attack on Shengal in 2014 and had been living in a camp since, have returned home.
• Zilan Women's Festival will take place in Gelsenkirchen on 17 June
  The traditional Zilan Women's Festival will take place in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday 17 June with the slogan "From Kurdistan to the world: Jin Jiyan Azadî!". The event is dedicated to the Kurdish revolutionary Evîn Goyî, who was murdered in Paris.
• Eight people taken into custody in Bitlis
  Eight people were taken into custody following house raids in the center and districts of Bitlis.

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