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Energy crisis in Rojava

The Rojava Autonomous Region in northern and eastern Syria has been in existence for 12 years and is a glimmer of hope for democratic reconstruction in Syria. Since its foundation, Rojava has had to defend itself against numerous threats. In addition to the clashes with the Assad regime, the main threats have been the wars with Turkey and the so-called Islamic State.

Now, however, the autonomy project is facing existential challenges. The energy supply is threatening to collapse. Turkish air strikes have largely destroyed the power stations and substations in the region. Electricity is in short supply and is mostly generated by dirty diesel generators. The civilian population suffers from a lack of electricity and water on a daily basis, but agriculture - in a region already hardest hit by climate change - is also severely affected.

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Dr. Mahrang Baloch's message to the Middle East Youth Conference

We just listened to a Message by Dr. Mahrang Baloch for the Middle East Youth Conference in Beirut speaking about the struggle to End enforced disappearances in Balochistan & the importance of youth solidarity. The political activist send greetings to the participating youth, emphasizing that as we share the same pain our struggles are also interconnected.

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Part of the video screened at the Middle East Youth Conference: Palestine, Morocco, Kuwait

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqObpcIf0lI

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Anti-fascist Ilaria Salis elected to the EU Parliament

The Italian anti-fascist Ilaria Salis, who is currently under house arrest in Budapest, has been elected to the EU Parliament and thus receives immunity.

Salis was nominated as the candidate of the left-green alliance AVS, which received 6.7 percent of the vote. Salis received so many so-called preferential votes that she was guaranteed a mandate.

AVS boss Nicola Fratoianni said: “Now we want Ilaria to be here in Italy – free, with immunity and ready to fulfill her mandate.”

Salis is one of the alliance's six MPs. As soon as her mandate is confirmed, her lawyer plans to submit a request for release, which could take place before the first official meeting in July.

Salis was arrested in February last year and is accused of actions against fascists surrounding the fascist Day of Honor. Until she was placed under house arrest, she was imprisoned under catastrophic conditions.

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The Qatar Red Crescent, in collaboration with the Turkish occupying authorities, has built more than 3,600 residential apartments in the northern regions of Syria, including the city of Afrin. These housing projects are being built on land that some consider looted or belonging to people displaced from the city of Afrin.

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In the second part of this interview, Swiss historian Gerber said that Rojava has become a place where theory is put into practice.

The first part of this interview can be read here

As you know, many young people from all over the world went to Syria and became a part of the Rojava Revolution. What do you think was their motivation?

Yes, Rojava has become a place where theory is put into practice. In this sense, I think this is very important. The ideas of libertarian municipalism were found in practice for the first time in Rojava. It showed that it could work and that it was an interesting theory. When Bookchin died, many people did not believe that his theory would work in practice. The ideas of libertarian municipalism are very difficult to understand. But, in the end, Öcalan and the people of Rojava managed to show that this is not the case, that it can be implemented and that it can be a political alternative that has been sought for many years.

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Hashtag against harsh sentences for Iranian female activists

The Hashtag began on Monday evening, June 10, using the hashtag “No to women’s Oppression,” in protest against severe sentences for female activists throughout Iran and Kurdistan

Via this hashtag, “X” users protested the 60-year prison sentence for 11 women’s rights activists in Gilan, and the 21-year prison sentence for activist Gina Mudarres.

On May 25, the Coordinating Council of Teachers’ Union Organizations in Iran announced that the Revolutionary Court had sentenced women’s rights activist, Gina Modarres, to 10 years in prison on charges of “forming an illegal group to overthrow the regime” and another 10 years on charges of “espionage with enemy countries” and one year in prison on charges of “propaganda against the regime.”

The Revolutionary Court sentenced the cartoonist, Atena Farghadani, to 6 years in prison on charges of “insulting sanctities” and “propaganda against the regime,” according to the cartoonist’s lawyer, Muhammad Muqimi.

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North-East Syria Autonomous Administration (Syria)

The EUArenas project, which carries out research on forms of participatory democracy, has included the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North-East Syria in its toolbox.

The toolbox is a container of examples of participatory democracy models that can be used to implement projects for the inclusion of people in decision-making or governance processes, as well as in the management of public goods, providing administrators, bottom-up organizations and communities with tools, methods and good practices to extend their knowledge on the topic of participation.

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https://euarenas-toolbox.eu/the-tool/democratic-confederalism-in-rojava/

Spain: Dozens of young people expelled members of the far-right group "Desokupa" from Soraluze and Andoain
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