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• Irish government unveils plan for reopening schools after Covid 

  Sinn Féin spokesperson on Education Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire TD has said that the plan to be unveiled by the Minister for Education today for the reopening of schools must be comprehensive and definitive.
• Coronavirus once again on the rise in the Spanish State 

  After falling for months, the number of coronavirus in the Spanish has begun to rise again on a national level.
• Activists in Örebro celebrate the Rojava Revolution 

  The anniversary of the Rojava revolution was celebrated in Örebro, Sweden.
• Activists in Nuremberg pay tribute to martyrs of freedom 

  Activists in Nuremberg paid tribute to martyrs of freedom.
• Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative claims actions in Istanbul 

  Jinên Tîrêjên Rojê Initiative announced that they burned a textile warehouse, a shop and six vehicles belonging to fascists in Istanbul.
• Worsening Covid-19 situation in Iran 

  The Iranian Ministry of Health views the development of the Coronavirus pandemic in the Islamic Republic with concern. Almost the entire country is on red alert because of the virus, said deputy department head Iraj Harirchi.
• Memorial for Şahin Amed and Zana Med in Bern 

  A commemoration event for HPG fighter Zana Med and YPG commander Şahin Amed took place in Bern.
• SOHR: Turkey sends new batch of jihadists to Libya 

  According to SOHR statistics, the number of recruits who arrived in Libya has risen to nearly 16,500 Syrian mercenaries, including 350 children under the age of 18.
• Online discussion on the Kurdish Movement next Tuesday 

  A new meeting will be organised by Scottish Solidarity with Kurdistan as part of their Kurdish Tuesdays.
• Actions to protest violence against women in 3 European cities 

  Massacres, rape and sexual assaults against women were protested in Düsseldorf, Berlin and Den Haag.
• Paramilitaries kill another former FARC guerrilla 

  The Revolutionary Alternative Force of the People (FARC) party said that former guerrilla Uber Tovar Pimentel has been killed in the municipality of Cartagena del Chairá in south-western Colombia.
• Activists in Munich pay tribute to the Rojava Revolution 

  The 8th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution was celebrated with a march in Munich.
• Kılıçdaroğlu is re-elected President of the CHP 

  Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu was elected president of the CHP by 251 votes at the 37th Ordinary Congress of the party.
• Activists in Germany protest Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  Demonstrations against the Turkish attacks on Kurds in Germany continue.
• Solidarity with Saturday Mothers in Stuttgart, Basel, Vienna 

  Solidarity actions for the Saturday Mothers have taken place in Stuttgart, Basel and Vienna. The mothers are demanding information about their missing relatives for the 800th week today and have again been attacked by the Turkish police.
• Demonstration on the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne 

  On the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, a demonstration was held against the massacres of the Turkish army in Kurdistan.
• Demo in Duisburg against Turkey’s attacks on the Kurds 

  Protests against the Turkish state’s increasingly ongoing genocidal attacks against the Kurdish people and their lands continue in Europe and beyond.
• Czech couple released from Turkish prison 

  A Czech couple who had been in prison in Turkey since the end of 2016 for alleged membership of the YPG has been released. They were brought home on Friday on a special flight.
• 61 bodies recovered after boat capsizing in Lake Van 

  After the sinking of a refugee boat on Lake Van at the end of June, 61 bodies have been recovered so far. They are refugees from Pakistan and Afghanistan.
• Coronavirus continues to spread in the Spanish State 

  After falling for months, the number of coronavirus cases has begun to rise on a national level in the Spanish state.
• Release of Basque prisoner in France appealed 

  Basque political prisoner Frédéric "Xistor" Haramburu could be released on parole on 6 August, but the French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office has appealed the decision.
• Cuba confirms 95% of COVID-19 patients have recovered 

  Cuba’s National Institute of Epidemiology Director Francisco Duran confirmed that 95 percent of the country’s COVID-19 patients have recovered from the disease.
• Turkey disappears from the world map at Zurich airport 

  Turkey is missing on a world map at Zurich airport. Just an oversight or is there more to it than that, which is why Turkey "disappears" from the map on the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne?
• Protest against Turkey on the Treaty of Lausanne anniversary 

  The demonstrations coincide with the anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne, in 1923, which resulted in Kurdistan being divided.
• Egyptian politician: "Turkey wants an occupation” 

  Former deputy Egyptian Foreign Minister Jamal Bayoumi criticizes the lack of willingness to act on the part of the community of states with regard to the Turkish aggression in Libya.