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• 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.
• Lawyers file another application to visit Öcalan 

  Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have applied once again to visit their client on Imrali after his call for a meeting with his lawyers within a legal framework.
• FED-KURD in Berlin calls on activists to protest in front of the US embassy 

  The Kurdish community in Berlin invited activists to a vigil against the war in Kurdistan in front of the US embassy next Wednesday.
• Kurdish singer Ferhat Tunç also on "execution list" 

  Kurdish musician Ferhat Tunç is also on the "execution list" with the names of exiled opposition figures against the Erdoğan regime. This was reportedly communicated to him by the Darmstadt Criminal Investigation Department.
• Only one person arrested after deadly lynch attack in Konya 

  Only one person out of 40 detainees has been arrested in the case of Hakim Dal, a 43-year-old Kurd who was shot dead in Konya in a racist attack by a lynch mob in the presence of Turkish security officers.
• Names of two fallen SDF fighters published 

  The SDF published the names of two fallen fighters. Mehmûd Kobanê was killed in an operation against ISIS in Hesekê, and Ronî Serhad was killed in an attack by Turkish jihadist occupation forces on Ain Issa.
• Shepherd missing after being shot at by Turkish soldiers found 

  Shepherd Ismail Kaya is missing in Hakkari. He was in a high pasture with his flock of sheep when he was shot at from the nearby military area. The sheperd was later found in Beytüşşebap.
• Kurds today protest the Treaty of Lausanne on its 98th anniversary 

  Kurds and their friends will protest the signing of the Treaty of Lausanne, which divided Kurdistan into four parts 98 years ago.
• Hunger strike in prisons enters day 239 

  The hunger strike launched by prisoners against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 239th day. The solidarity hunger strike in Maxmur has reached day 218 and day 201 in Greece.
• UN Security Council condemns Erdoğan’s position on Cyprus 

  On a trip to the north of divided Nicosia on Tuesday, Erdogan declared that a half-century of UN efforts had failed and that there should be "two peoples and two states with equal status."
• Probe against lawyer for attending Kobanê Trial hearing 

  An investigation has been launched against lawyer Kadir Kutevi who attended the hearing of the Kobanê Trial for “disrupting the court order”.
• France dismisses two misogynist imams 

  French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has dismissed two imams who described women as “possessed” and “subdued” in their sermons.
• ISIS returnee Omaima Abdi sentenced to several years in prison in Germany 

  ISIS returnee Omaima Abdi will remain in prison for a total of four years. The Higher Regional Court of Hamburg yesterday sentenced her again for having enslaved Yazidis clean her apartment during her stay in northern Syria in 2016.
• UN Special Envoy Pedersen says economic situation in Syria "extremely difficult" 

  The UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir O. Pedersen, said that the economic situation in Syria is "extremely difficult" and added that "9 out of 10 people in Syria live in poverty."
• DBP: We will not take a step back in the face of attacks 

  The DBP has harshly condemned the racist attacks against Kurds insisting that the Kurdish people and politicians will not take a step back in the face of these attacks.