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• Jinen Tirejen Roje targets ‘fascists’ in three cities 

  Jinen Tirejen Roje Initiative announced that they targeted fascists in Istanbul, Kırklareli and Kocaeli provinces in response to the racist attacks against the Kurds.
• Armenia demands deployment of Russian troops to its border with Azerbaijan 

  Since May, Armenia and Azerbaijan have been negotiating to determine the border line under the leadership of Russia.
• US imposes sanction on Turkey-backed armed group 

  The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has decided to sanction the Turkey-linked Syrian armed group Ahrar al-Sharqiya which murdered Kurdish female politician Hevrin Khalaf in 2019.
• Hunger strike in prisons enters day 245 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 245th day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 224 and day 207 in Greece.
• Five soldiers dead as Iraqi military helicopter crashes near Kirkuk 

  The Iraqi Defense Ministry reported a military helicopter crashed during a mission. Five Iraqi soldiers died as a result.
• Another racist attack against Kurds in Ankara 

  Another racist incident against people of Kurdish origin has occurred in Ankara. A single mother of five children was insulted and threatened in the presence of Turkish police officers. As a result, they had to leave their neighborhood.
• US Congressmen demand suspension of drone technology exports to Ankara 

  US Congressmen are calling on the US State Department to suspend export licenses for drone technology to Ankara. Whether in Kurdistan, Nagorno Karabakh or Libya, Turkish drone activities are a major contributor to the instability of the Middle East.
• Bedran Çiya Kurd: We must work together to achieve the recognition of the Autonomous Administration 

  Bedran Çiya Kurd, co-chair of the Northern and Eastern Syria Autonomous Administration Executive Council met Kurds in Germany and said that "Kurds living in Germany should work for the recognition of the Autonomous Administration."
• Bakırhan: Those discriminating the HDP will be held accountable before history 

  Speaking in Osmaniye, HDP deputy co-chair, Tuncer Bakırhan, said that they will not forget the discriminatory policies towards the party members of the government and added that those who implement these practices will be held accountable before history.
• Protest in Paris against Turkey’s invasion and genocide attacks in Kurdistan 

  Hundreds of people denounced the Turkish state’s invasion attacks in Kurdistan with a protest action in front of the US Consulate in Paris.
• Vigil in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva enters 7th month 

  As every Wednesday, Kurdish activists protested in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva against the international silence on the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan and demanded freedom for Abdullah Öcalan.
• Kurds protest in front of US consulate in Berlin against Turkish invasion 

  Hundreds of people gathered in front of the U.S consulate in Berlin to protest the invasion attacks of the Turkish state and the silence of international forces including the U.S.
• Activists in Geneva protest Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  A march was held in Geneva to protest the Turkish state's invasion of South Kurdistan and the political genocide attacks against the Kurdish people.
• Police take two people into custody in Adıyaman 

  A former member of the DBP provincial board and a teacher who had been dismissed by decree were arrested in Adıyaman.
• KON-MED calls for participation in Berlin rally against invasion attacks 

  Kurdish umbrella organisation KON-MED denounced the invasion attacks of AKP-MHP fascist bloc and said, “We call everyone to participate in the action to be held in Berlin on July 28, with the spirit of mobilisation.”
• Children of Fire Initiative sets fire to an automobile and 14 boats 

  Children of Fire Initiative announced that they set fire to 14 boats in multiple cities and an automobile belonging to one of the perpetrators of the racist attacks against the Kurds in Konya.
• German government confirms existence of execution lists 

  The German government has confirmed for the first time the existence of "execution lists" containing the names of opposition figures in exile against the Erdoğan regime. Most recently, Kurdish politician Hasip Kaplan made public that he was on one of the
• "The HDK is building the anti-fascist front" 

  The uprising in society against the regime is growing and the HDK has even more tasks in this sense, said the co-spokesperson of the Peoples' Democratic Congress (HDK), Esengül Demir.
• Kurds in Germany organize march to protest anti-Kurdish policies of US 

  Kurdish people and their friends in Germany will protest the US which remained silent and was a part of the Turkish state's large-scale attacks on Medya Defense Zones.
• Hunger strike in prisons enters day 243 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 243rd day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 222 and day 205 in Greece.
• HBDH Militia carries out action in Istanbul 

  HBDH Militia claimed that on 25 July, it carried out an action in two different parts of Istanbul.
• Buldan: Isolation imposed on Öcalan is blocking any democratic solution 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan drew attention to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imralı and said it is a way to block democratic solutions.
• Criminal complaint against unlawful detention of Şenyaşar family 

  Lawyers of Şenyaşar family filed a criminal complaint against unlawful detention of their clients.
• HDP MP Uca brings up destruction of Afrin graves in Turkish parliament 

  In a parliamentary question, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Batman Deputy Feleknas Uca asked Vice President Fuat Oktay about the bodies in a destroyed cemetery in Afrin.
• Clashes in Tunisia after President Saied’s suspension of parliament 

  Clashes broke out after Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended the parliament and dismissed the prime minister Hichem Mechichi. Hundreds of supporters of Saied blocked the supporters of the Islamist Ennahda party from entering the parliament.