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• Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit: Turkey committed a war crime by massacring journalists 

  DEM Party Group Deputy Chairperson Gülistan Kılıç Koçyiğit said, “Turkey committed a war crime by massacring free press workers in another country.”
• Panel in Egypt calls for freedom for Abdullah Öcalan 

  A panel organised by Egyptian intellectuals, politicians and jurists called for freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Hashd al-Shaabi forces with hundreds of vehicles dispatched to Germiyan 

  A large Hashd al-Shaabi force, equipped with hundreds of vehicles and heavy weapons, was deployed to Kuleco sub-district.
• DEM Party sees all its bills and motions rejected by AKP-MHP-dominated parliament 

  The DEM Party submitted 136 bills and 625 motions of inquiry in the AKP-MHP-dominated Turkish Parliament in one year. All of these were rejected.
• Bodies of 8 guerrillas who lost their lives in clashes in Beytüşşebap still in Şırnak Hospital 

  Four more bodies belonging to HPG guerrillas who lost their lives in the clashes in Beytüşşebap district were brought to Şırnak State Hospital.
• "Bring the killers of journalists Gulistan Tara and Hêro Bahadîn to justice" 

  The DEM Party Women's Assembly, the Human Rights Association and the trade union DISK Basın-Iş called on the authorities of South Kurdistan to bring the killers of two journalists to justice.
• Many taken into custody in Istanbul and Mardin 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue unabated.
• "Long March" for Abdullah Öcalan to take place in September in Germany 

  In September, a "Long March" for the freedom of Abdullah Öcalan will take place in Germany.
• Three construction workers imprisoned in Balıkesir for listening to Kurdish music 

  Three construction workers who were detained while listening to Kurdish music in a park in Altıeylül district were imprisoned on charges of ‘making illegal organisation propaganda’ and ‘resisting the police’.
• 803 more IDPs living in camps in Hewlêr return to Mosul 

  803 more IDPs living in the camps in Hewlêr have returned to Mosul.
• Two ISIS members arrested in Kirkuk 

  One of the arrested ISIS members was involved in the massacre at the Military Academy in Tikrit in 2014.
• Workers at Şireci Tekstil in Antep protest working conditions 

  Workers at Şireci Tekstil in Başpınar Organized Industrial Zone in Dîlok (Antep) said that the food was bad, and the water was undrinkable.
• Activists at the sit-in protest in Geneva protest the Baghdad-Ankara agreement 

  At this week's sit-in protest in front of the UN Office in Geneva for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, activists protested the agreement between Turkey and Iraq.
• 'Freedom readings' event in Amed 

  As part of the international campaign demanding freedom for Abdullah Öcalan and a political solution to the Kurdish question, an event titled 'Freedom Readings' was held in Amed.
• Prof. Venturini expresses solidarity with campaign calling for freedom of Abdullah Öcalan 

  Dr. Federico Venturini from University of Udine, in Italy, spoke about the importance of the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan campaign.
• DEM Party MP Ömer Öcalan applies to the Presidency for a meeting with Abdullah Öcalan 

  DEM Party MP Ömer Öcalan applied to the Presidency for a meeting with Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• Freedom Vigil in Strasbourg in its 634th week 

  A group from Stuttgart, Germany took over the 12-year-long vigil in Strasbourg for the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan in its 634th week.
• 'Freedom Shall Prevail' out in English 

  Freedom Shall Prevail: The Struggle of Abdullah Öcalan and the Kurdish People out in English.
• Radio Onda d’Urto: Öcalan’s ideas are a source of inspiration for people everywhere 

  Michele Borra, one of the editors of Radio Onda d’Urto, said that Abdullah Öcalan’s ideas are a source of inspiration for people involved in struggle everywhere.
• German Interventionist Left supports campaign against executions in Iran 

  The German Interventionist Left Organization supported the campaign launched by KJAR against executions in Iran.
• Abid Jaru, Baath regime's greatest torturer, captured 

  Iraqi Security expert Fazil Abu Zehif said that a high-level criminal of the Baath regime, who was in the Kurdistan Region from the 1970s to 1997 and tortured and oppressed Kurds in prisons, had been captured.
• Death toll in the Gaza Strip exceeds 40 thousand 

  The Health Ministry of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip reported that the death toll from Israeli attacks exceeded 40,000.
• SOHR says Turkey sent a large number of mercenaries to South Kurdistan 

  SOHR said that Turkey has sent a large number of mercenaries to South Kurdistan.
• Three Syrians imprisoned in Mersin over photos with YPG flag 

  Seven people have been imprisoned in Mersin over their social media posts. Three people from Syria are accused of membership due to photos with YPG flag that were shared twelve years ago.
• Turkish Parliament rejects opposition’s call for general discussion on imprisoned TIP MP Atalay 

  The opposition’s proposal for a general discussion on the Constitutional Court’s decision regarding TIP Hatay MP Can Atalay, was rejected by a majority vote in Parliament.