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• CDK-S calls on everyone to attend demonstration in Lausanne on Saturday 

  A hundred years after the Treaty of Lausanne, the CDK-S called on everyone to demonstrate against the agreement that divided Kurdistan.
• Activists in Lucerne demand freedom for Öcalan 

  An action was held in Lucerne to demand an end to the absolute isolation against Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and to ensure his freedom.
• International days of action kick off today 

  Defend Kurdistan's international days of action kicked off today with the slogan "Stop the drone war - defend the revolution in Rojava".
• Two people taken into custody in Amsterdam while protesting isolation of Öcalan 

  Two people were taken into custody in Amsterdam protesting the isolation of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• 12 ISIS members arrested in Nineveh 

  The arrested mercenaries were engaged in actions against the civilian population and security forces.
• Abdurrahman Er's uncle calls for action for two hunger strikers held in Hewler 

  Death row inmates Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er have been on hunger strike in a prison in Hewlêr for 60 days. In Switzerland, attention was drawn to their situation and their release was demanded.
• Emergency Committee for Rojava: No to US sale of F16 fighter jets to Turkey 

  The Emergency Committee for Rojava issued an appeal to "call Senator  Menendez and tell him not to agree to the US sale of F16 fighter jets to Turkey."
• Defend Kurdistan Initiative calls for participation in demonstration in Lausanne on 22 July 

  100 years ago, on July 24, 1923, an international conference of imperialist states took place in Lausanne as a result of previously fought wars of distribution in the Middle East. At this conference, Kurdistan was divided among four nation-states through
• Call for support for Roma communities in Turkey during recovery from pandemic 

  The Roma Memory Studies Association (Romani Godi) published a report calling for support measures for the Roma communities, one of the most impoverished segments in the pandemic process in Turkey.
• German ISIS members to stand trial in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf 

  A German Islamic State member from Landshut will have to answer to the State Security Senate of the OLG Frankfurt for war crimes. Charges were brought against two suspected ISIS members in Düsseldorf.
• Activists in Basel organize action to support hunger strikers Dağ and Er 

  Activists in Basel organized an action to support hunger strikers Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er in Hewler Prison.
• Young Kurdish activists in London demand freedom for Öcalan with action at British Museum  

  Members of the Revolutionary Youth Movement organized an action to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, at the British Museum in London.
• Families of Imrali prisoners apply for a visit 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• New crime scene investigation footage of attack against Şenyaşar family published 

  Crime scene investigation footage emerged of the attack in which three members of the Şenyaşar family were murdered in Suruç State Hospital.
• Two-day conference on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne  

  A conference will be held in Lausanne on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne signed in 1923. The conference, where the consequences of the Treaty of Lausanne will be discussed, will last for 2 days.
• Police take 11 people into custody in Mersin 

  In house raids in Mersin, 11 people were taken into custody on the grounds that they participated in the Newroz celebrations.
• Two HDP Balıkesir executives sent to prison 

  HDP Balıkesir Provincial executive Adbulhalim Aksu and HDP member Serdar Kocaman, who were taken into custody in Balıkesir on Tuesday, were sent to prison on charges of "membership in a terrorist organization".
• March in Geneva: Isolation is a crime against humanity 

  A protest was held in front of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to protest isolation. Activists demanded that the rights of the two prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Hêwler prison for two months be met and that they be released.
• Kurds living in Marseille protest isolation imposed on Öcalan  

  Kurds living in Marseille protested the isolation imposed on Öcalan with a sit-in in front of the European Parliament Representation.
• Peace in Kurdistan sends letter to PM about threats to Öcalan  

  Peace in Kurdistan sends letter to PM about threats to Öcalan
• NATO approves Erdoğan’s genocidal strategy on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne 

  NATO’s compromise with the Turkish state and its public embrace of Erdoğan’s violent anti-Kurdish policies show that the alliance is once again willing to commit serious violations of international law and human rights, KNK says.
• KCDK-E calls for worldwide actions for Dağ and Er on day 56 of hunger strike 

  KCDK-E calls for worldwide actions for Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er in front of the diplomatic missions of KRI and Iraq on 14 July.
• Oluç: Turkey's EU membership depends on the resolution of the Kurdish question 

  Green Left Party Vice-President Saruhan Oluç stated that Turkey's EU membership depends on democratization, the rule of law and the resolution of the Kurdish question.
• ‘Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom is of vital importance to us’ 

  The Mesopotamia Platform of Religions and Beliefs calls on the Council of Europe and the CPT to fulfill their responsibilities and duties in the face of the isolation and torture regime imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP criticizes new Execution Law as it discriminates political prisoners 

  The HDP said in a statement that the amendment to the Execution Law made discrimination against political prisoners.