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• KCDK-E: Turkey tourism finances the war in Kurdistan 

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation KCDK-E calls for a boycott of holidays to Turkey and points out that the Turkish state is financing its war against the Kurdish people through tourism.
• House of Lords members: Review relations with Turkey 

  The UK politicians said that "the Turkish government violates elemental democratic and judicial norms" and asked the Foreign Secretary "to raise criticisms of these violations and to support the continuing impulse to democracy in Turkey.
• Batman HDP Provincial co-chairs taken into custody 

  Batman HDP Provincial co-chairs Ömer Kutlu and Fatma Albay were taken into custody after the police raided the HDP building for two hours.
• Police raids HDP Batman provincial building 

  HDP province building in Batman raided by police.
• Court rules to continue to keep Yüksekdağ and Demirtaş in jail 

  The Court has decided to continue the detention of HDP former co-chairs Figen Yüksekdağ and Selahattin Demirtaş.
• 28 more people die of coronavirus in Turkey in last 24 hours 

  28 more people died of coronavirus in the past 24 hours.
• Activists in Mardin protest detention of women defending rights 

  The Mardin Labor and Democracy Platform made a statement regarding the increasing violence against women and the arrest of politicians, including Rosa Women's Association members.
• HDK commemorates victims of Çorum massacre 

  The Çorum massacre, which took place between 27 May and 4 July 1980, continues to be a social wound that has not healed despite 40 years have past, said the HDK.
• Concern grows as UK says won't sign up to rights commitments 

  The British government’s refusal to sign up to human rights commitments as part of its Brexit deal with the EU is very worrying. 
• New investigation against Selahattin Demirtaş 

  New investigation against People's Democratic Party's former co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş for saying to prosecutors in his defense that 'they will be held accountable before the judiciary'.
• Catalonia and Madrid account for 75% of new coronavirus cases 

  The Spanish State continues to ease the coronavirus lockdown rules, while Catalonia and Madrid register 75% of the new coronavirus cases.
• Activists in Hannover protest seizure of HDP-run municipalities 

  Activists in Hannover protested the seizure of HDP-run municipalities and the dismissal of their democratically and freely elected mayors.
• Turkey’s Covid-19 cases exceed 160,000 

  Almost two million people have been tested in Turkey where confirmed cases have exceeded 160,000.
• Dismissed mayor of Çaldıran threatened with death 

  HDP politician Faruk Demir, deposed mayor of the Çaldıran district in Van, receives death threats on the social media.
• Situation of prisoners in Colombia and Brazil critical 

  Situation in Colombian and Brazilian prisons critical.
• 34 more people die of coronavirus in Turkey 

  Over four thousand people have died of Covid-19 in Turkey since March.
• YPS claims attacks on companies and cars 

  The militant group YPS has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on companies and cars in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan.
• JXK visits "Coloured Rain" in Mainz 

  Members of the Kurdish student association JXK visited the activists of "Coloured Rain" in Mainz and exchanged views with them about the situation of refugees in Europe and Kurdistan.
• Children of Fire Initiative claims actions in 3 cities 

  The Children of Fire Initiative claims they have set on fire some places in Mersin, Aydın and Istanbul.
• DAD commemorates victims of the Çorum Massacre 

  As in every Alevi massacre, the community was victim of religious, physical, cultural, and economic genocide processes and violently pushed into an assimilation process, said DAD.
• Activists in Munich protest Turkish attacks 

  The attacks carried out by the Turkish state were protested in Munich, Germany.
• Turkey’s death toll from coronavirus rises to 4,397 

  28 more people have died of coronavirus in Turkey where another 948 cases have been recorded during the past 24 hours.
• Virus heightens heatwave health risks, UN warns 

  This year is expected to be "another record-breaking heat season in the northern hemisphere", WMO spokeswoman said.
• Swiss MPs write to Turkish Ambassador over HDP mayors' dismissal 

  The Swiss MPs recall that the freedom of expression and the respect of the voters will are the key to a stable and pluralistic democracy and have to be complied unconditionally.
• 'I would stay at home, if I had a home' 

  The coronavirus pandemic has hit harder on homeless people and people living in the streets.