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• 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.
• HDP pays visit to Deniz Poyraz's family 

  “We want peace and brotherhood. We do not want mothers to cry. Long live the brotherhood of peoples,” said father of HDP member Deniz Poyraz who was killed in the HDP headquarters in İzmir in June.
• KCK: The repression and genocide attacks against Kurds will not go unanswered 

  KCK calls on all the Kurdish people to show solidarity and to intensify their struggle for freedom and democracy everywhere in order to put an end to the attacks.
• Kurdish victim of racist attack in Konya laid to rest 

  According to the Human Rights Association, 7 people, including 3 Syrian children, were killed and 32 injured in at least 14 racist attacks in Turkey in 2020. Since 2010, 15 people have been murdered and 1097 people have been injured in 280 racist attacks.
• Hunger strike of migrants in Brussels temporarily suspended 

  On Wednesday, the government in Brussels announced a breakthrough in talks with the hunger strikers. The hunger strike was "temporarily suspended" by the migrants.
• US rejects Erdoğan's proposal for two states in Cyprus 

  The United States rejected Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's proposal for two states in Cyprus.
• Kurdish activist Mehmet Subaşı dies in Paris 

  Mehmet Subaşı, an activist from Kurdistan living in Paris passed away after his fight with cancer.
• Kurdish young activists take to the streets in Europe against isolation 

  Kurdish young activists took to the streets in Europe, opened stands to draw attention to the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan, and briefed the press on the situation in Kurdistan.
• Activists in Kassel pay tribute to the 14 July Great Death Fast resistance 

  The 14 July Great Death Fast resistance was commemorated in the city of Kassel.
• Court releases 12 people taken into custody at commemoration for Suruç victims 

  12 people beaten and taken into custody by the police in Kadıköy on Tuesday at a commemoration for the victims of the Suruç massacre, were released on condition of judicial control.
• Sit-in activists in Geneva call for a mass rally on July 24 

  A mass protest march is to be held in Geneva on Saturday, July 24, the 98th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne that caused the disintegration of Kurdistan.
• EU, France, U.S. react to Erdogan's 'Cyprus provocation' 

  The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of a provocation during a visit to the Turkish-occupied north of Cyprus.
• Racist attack kills a Kurdish citizen in Konya province 

  A racist group of 60 people attacked a Kurdish family in the Meram district of Konya. Hakim Dal (43) was killed in the attack.
• HDP blames government for racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers 

  HDP Agriculture Commission Spokesperson Rıdvan Turan has accused the AKP-MHP government of being responsible for the racist attack on Kurdish seasonal workers.
• Hunger strike in prisons reaches day 237 

  The hunger strike prisoners started against the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on its 237th day. The hunger strike action in Maxmur has reached day 216 and day 199 in Greece.