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• In memory of Jakob / Şîyar 

  The German guerrilla fighter Jakob Riemer (Şîyar Gabar) died four years ago today during a Turkish military operation in Çarçella. A friend remembers him.
• 35 U.S. Representatives sign letter pledging to block sale of F-16s to Turkey 

  “We have strongly urged the rejection of this sale because it would reward President Erdogan for ignoring Turkey’s alliance commitments to the United States and NATO and the vast human rights abuses his regime continues to commit at home and abroad."
• Gysi: The price for NATO enlargement is too high 

  In the Bundestag debate on NATO enlargement, the foreign policy spokesman of the Left Party, Gregor Gysi, said that the price paid to Turkey for this against the Kurds was too high.
• Ministry of Interior dismisses Seyhan Municipality Deputy Mayor 

  Seyhan Municipality Deputy Mayor Funda Buyruk, who was detained and released as part of the political police operation against Binevş Culture and Art Association, was dismissed by the Ministry of Interior.
• Hundreds lit candles on graves of martyrs in Northern and Eastern Syria and Maxmur 

  Hundreds of people who visited the graveyards of the martyrs in many cities of Northern and Eastern Syria and in Maxmur lit candles to pay tribute to the fallen.
• Three violent explosions in Yüksekova  

  Three violent explosions were reported in Yüksekova at around 2.30 and 3am.
• HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan's father passes away 

  HDP co-chair Pervin Buldan's father, Halis Yüzer, died as a result of a heart attack on Friday night.
• Victims of Suruç and Ankara massacres commemorated in Istanbul 

  Victims of the Ankara and Suruç bombings were commemorated by their families and friends in Istanbul.
• PCF calls for “respect for Kurds’ right to freely choose and build their destiny” 

  France must emancipate itself from the bargaining of NATO, which extends the logic of war everywhere and condemn the meetings of oligarchic clubs that seal the existence of a people admirable for its courage on the altar of abject interests."
• German parliament recognizes Yazidi genocide - UPDATE 

  A draft bill submitted by the Petition Committee of Germany’s Federal Parliament to recognize the genocide against the Yazidis by ISIS in 2014 has been accepted at the parliament's general assembly.
• Memorial in Karlsruhe on 10 July for German revolutionaries Kevin Joachim and Jakob Riemer 

  A memorial will be held in Karlsruhe on 10 July for the German revolutionaries Kevin Joachim (Dilsoz Bahar) and Jakob Riemer (Şiyar Gabar), who fell as martyrs on different dates while fighting in the ranks of the Kurdish Freedom Struggle.
• DAKAP protests lifting of immunity of DBP co-chair Saliha Aydeniz  

  DAKAP protested the lifting of the immunity of DBP co-chair Saliha Aydeniz and said "she is the will of all Kurdish women and will remain so."
• Former Japanese prime minister shot during speech 

  Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was attacked during a speech.
• DBP: Parliamentary action against Saliha Aydeniz is a political decision 

  The DBP calls the imminent lifting of the parliamentary immunity of its chairperson Saliha Aydeniz a political decision and vows to continue its democratic struggle: "We are in the right and that gives us strength."
• AfD urges German government to act against Turkey’s invasion attacks  

  The right-wing-populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) asked the German government to condemn the Turkish invasion attacks in South Kurdistan and to impose sanctions on the officials who gave the orders for the attacks.
• Four Binevş Culture and Art Association members sent to prison in Adana 

  Four of those taken into custody in the political police operation against the Binevş Culture and Art Association were sent to prison in Adana.
• Activists in Bologna protest NATO agreement in front of Swedish embassy 

  A group of activists took action against the Swedish embassy in Bologna to react to the latest NATO entry of Sweden and Finland.
• Democratic Socialists of America condemn NATO and US complicity in Turkey’s aggression in Kurdistan 

  The Democratic Socialists of America International Committee condemns NATO and US Complicity in Turkey’s Aggression in Syria and Iraq.
• Dubbins and Westrheim on NATO, Sweden, Finland, and freedom for Öcalan 

  UNITE the UNION International director and Freedom for Öcalan Campaign co-chair Simon Dubbins, EUTCC co-chair Kariane Westrheim spoke on NATO, Sweden, Finland, and freedom for Öcalan.
• Özsoy: Finland and Sweden now have their own "Kurdish problem"  

  Turkish President Erdoğan is trying to further militarize the Kurdish question and make it a NATO issue, said HDP deputy Hişyar Özsoy.
• No War on North- & Eastern Syria Day X Mobilization 

  RiseUp4Rojava campaign called for a global mobilization against the growing threat of a new large-scale Turkish invasion of Northern and Eastern Syria/Rojava.
• Committee recommends lifting immunity of Saliha Aydeniz 

  With Saliha Aydeniz of the DBP, another Kurdish MP in Turkey is to be stripped of her parliamentary immunity. A recommendation to this effect was made today by the responsible committee in Ankara.
• HDP Turgutlu district co-chairs sentenced to 13 years in prison 

  Turgutlu district co-chairs of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP), Mesut Hayri Bökü and Naile Gümüştaş, were sentenced to 13 years and 1 month in prison.
• Young man from Kobane detained in Istanbul 

  A young Kurdish man from Kobane was detained in Istanbul because of his social media posts.
• Nasr Alliance MP: “Iraq will retaliate against Turkey militarily if necessary” 

  An Iraqi MP from the Nasr Alliance, Eqel Al-Radayini, said that the presence of Turkish troops on Iraqi soil is against the law. He added that Iraq would retaliate against Turkey militarily if necessary.