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• First-ever Freedom for Öcalan Campaign online rally on 16 July 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Campaign is organising for July 16th the first-ever online rally.
• Co-mayor and councilors detained in Batman 

  Co-mayor and councilors were denied access to the municipal meeting.
• Dozens of Christian villages in Southern Kurdistan depopulated 

  The European Syriac Union points out that more than thirty Christian villages have been depopulated during the Turkish invasion in Southern Kurdistan. The Union calls for urgent action to protect the population.
• Rocket attack on US troops in Iraq 

  Two rockets targeted American diplomatic and military installations on Sunday night, Iraq's security forces said. 
• Germany admits Turkish presence in Rojava "not legitimate"  

  For the first time, two years after the invasion of Northern and Eastern Syria carried out by Turkey, the German Federal Government admitted that the "occupation is not justified under international law."
• Former FARC guerrillas launch crowdfunding to support projects 

  Former FARC guerrillas launched crowdfunding to support their cooperative projects.
• Catalunya imposes lockdown on Lleida following new Covid outbreak 

  The Catalan regional government has imposed a lockdown to residents of the comarca (province) of Segrià, in Lleida due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the past week.
• HBDH claims responsibility for attack in Bayrampaşa 

  The action was carried out in retaliation for the 33 lives taken in Sivas on 2 July 1993 by the government and jihadist of that time.
• Demo in London against Turkish attacks on Kurdistan 

  Ongoing protests worldwide against Turkey's attacks on the Kurdish people in various parts of Kurdistan.
• Austrian minister suspects Turkey's influence in Vienna attacks 

  Attacks of Turkish nationalist and Islamist groups are becoming more and more frequent in Austria.
• Protest in Rennes: Murderer Erdoğan! 

  Demonstrations against Turkey’s genocidal war on the Kurds continue worldwide.
• Ipekyolu trustee orders demolition of hundreds of stables  

  Hundreds of breeders suffered losses of thousands of Turkish liras because of the demolition while animals were left outside.
• Activists in Toronto call on Canada to end deals with Turkey 

  Protests against the Turkish state's genocidal war on the Kurds continue worldwide.
• Activists in 3 Swedish cities protest Turkish attacks 

  Kurds and their friends protested the Turkish state's attacks in several Swedish cities.
• Chairs of bars continue their action in front of Parliament 

  Cavit Dursun, chair of the Kayseri Bar Association, said that they made a historical call and added: “The President of the Assembly Justice Committee and the President of the Assembly should come and listen to us.”
• Activists in Basel protest Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  The massacre and occupation attacks carried out by the AKP-MHP fascism and targeting civilians in Kurdistan were protested with a march in Basel.
• Protest against Turkish war crimes in Heilbronn 

  In Heilbronn a demonstration was staged against the Turkish war crimes in Kurdistan. The demonstrators demanded an end to the Turkish war of aggression and an end to economic, political and military cooperation with Turkey.
• Detention period of tortured Kurdish politician extended 

  Detention period of Kurdish activist extended for another 4 days.
• Kurdish politicians Kışanak and Tuncel remain in jail 

  Gültan Kışanak and Sebahat Tuncel have been in prison for almost four years.
• ISIS member in France sentenced to 30 years in prison 

  French Islamist Tyler Vilus has been sentenced in Paris to 30 years in prison for crimes committed in Syria. The jihadist was accused, among other things, of having participated in the murder of two prisoners.
• Unknown men kill former FARC-EP guerrilla 

  Dorman Clever Canticuz Díaz is the 215th former FARC-EP guerrilla to be murdered in Colombia since the Peace Agreement was signed.
• Activists in Europe protest Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  The Turkish state's invasion attacks were protested in several European cities.
• Activists in London: Resistance will bring victory 

  The occupation and genocidal attacks carried out by the AKP-MHP government are protested every day in London.
• Another dead body found after boat capsizing in Lake Van 

  Six dead bodies found in Lake Van after the sinking of the boat a week ago.
• Volkswagen plant won’t be built in Turkey 

  The planned Volkswagen plant in Manisa will definitely not be built. The official reason is a slump in demand due to the Corona crisis. Erdogan is now threatening German car companies with "investigations".