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• Activists in Copenhagen demand freedom for Öcalan 

  The members of the Kurdistan Solidarity Platform opened an information stand in Nytorv Square to raise awareness about the situation of Abdullah Öcalan.
• Victims of Suruç massacre commemorated 

  To mark the 8th anniversary of the massacre, commemorations have been held today in Suruç and other cities where the graves of victims are located.
• Bristol Kurdistan Solidarity Network celebrates the anniversary of Rojava Revolution 

  Yesterday marked the 11th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution. The Bristol Kurdistan Solidarity Network celebrated it through education and coming together.
• Conference and march in Lausanne this weekend 

  Next weekend, Lausanne will be dominated by protests against the hundred-year treaty that sealed the division of Kurdistan. Thousands of people are expected to attend the demonstration and the parallel conference.
• KON-MED calls on Kurds to participate in the march to be held in Lausanne on 22 July 

  KON-MED issued a statement to "invite all Kurds to participate in the march to be held in Lausanne on 22 July."
• International speakers at press conference about Ocalan  

  Trade unions, organisations and individuals support the call for information about the wellbeing and conditions of Kurdish political leader Mr Abdullah Öcalan.
• Journalist and author Abdülkadir Konuk passes away 

  Journalist and author Abdülkadir Konuk has died in Cologne at the age of 76. Before fleeing to Germany, Konuk spent many years in prison in Turkey and was freed in a spectacular action in 1989.
• Armed attack on HDP office in Ankara 

  The attack caused only material damage as nobody was present in the office at the time of the attack.
• Press conference in Brussels to call for news about Abdullah Öcalan 

  Trade unions, organisations and individuals support the call for information about the wellbeing and conditions of Kurdish political leader Mr Abdullah Öcalan.
• Musician Nathan Felix sends message to mark anniversary of the Rojava Revolution 

  Musician Nathan Felix said in a message that he is "deeply inspired by the Rojava Revolution".
• Six young people calling for demonstration for Suruç sent to prison  

  Six of the young people who were taken into custody on Monday while they handed out leaflets on the 8th anniversary of the Suruç Massacre, were sent to prison.
• Four workers injured in explosion at arms factory in Ankara 

  Four workers were injured in an explosion at a Turkish arms factory in the Turkish capital Ankara on Tuesday. The explosion occurred at a plant of the Institute of Mechanical and Chemical Industries (MKE).
• KCDK-E: Rojava Freedom Revolution is the great turning point of the 21st century 

  Celebrating the anniversary of the Rojava Revolution, the KCDK-E said the revolution was the great turning point of the 21st century.
• 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.