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• Army helicopter falls in Colombia during anti-rebel operation 

  Colombian army helicopter fell while carrying out an operation against former FARC guerrillas who rejected the Peace Agreement signed in 2016 and picked up arms again.
• Barcelona authorities cut number of people allowed on the beach 

  Barcelona was at the heart of an increase in coronavirus cases that followed the end of Spain’s national state of emergency one month ago.
• Dismissed co-mayor of Batman taken into custody 

  The Turkish regime continues its political genocide operations against the Kurdish people.
• Detention period of 48 detainees in Istanbul extended 

  Yesterday 54 people were arrested in Istanbul at a rally for victims of the ISIS massacre in Suruç. Four lawyers and two minors have been released, and the detention period for the rest of those arrested has been extended.
• Afghan girl kills two Taliban fighters after parents murdered 

  The Taliban regularly kill villagers who they suspect of being informers for the government or security forces.
• Egyptian Parliament clears way for Libya intervention 

  The Egyptian Parliament approved a possible combat mission of Egyptian troops in Libya. This threatens to turn the war in Libya into a conflagration.
• 32 members of KESK sentenced to prison 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide continues unabated.
• SES Amed former co-chair sent to prison 

  Health and Social Workers' Union (SES) Amed former Branch co-chair Recep Oruç was arrested within the scope of the DTK investigation.
• Martyrs' Families take over Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil 

  The families of martyrs who took over the Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan Vigil in front of the Council of Europe called for European institutions to play their role the isolation imposed on the Kurdish people’s leader.
• European Kurdish Youth launch new initiative 

  European Kurdish youth organizations Tevgera Ciwanên Şoreşger (TCŞ) and Jinên Ciwanên Têkoşer (TEKO-JIN) launched a new action in Kurdistan and around the world when fascism intensified its attacks.
• Sinn Féin says government needs to prepare for Irish unity 

  Sinn Féin MP Chris Hazzard has said the Irish government needs to begin preparing for Irish unity as a matter of urgency.
• Global Action Days for Rojava a success, say promoters 

  In more than 100 cities, in more than 30 countries, thousands of people have taken to the streets to join the Global Action Days on 18 and 19 July, for the 8th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• Webinar on the Rojava's lessons  

  Webinar about Rojava's lessons and the need for a new approach to internationalism.
• Israel carries out new air strikes against Syria 

  The Israeli air force hit east of Damascus, Syrian news agency confirmed. Dead and injured are reported.
• Bodies recovered from Lake Van buried in cemetery of the nameless 

  Of the 59 bodies recovered from Lake Van after the capsizing of a boat carrying refugees, 18 have been buried in the cemetery of the nameless.
• Police attack people remembering victims of Suruç massacre 

  Crowds gathered in Turkish capital Ankara and Istanbul to pay tribute to victims of the ISIS massacre in Suruç. Police brutally attacked the commemoration.
• Three prisoners on hunger strike in Aksaray 

  Three prisoners went on hunger strike in the Aksaray prison. They are resisting the military roll call demanded by the prison management and were attacked by security personnel.
• Google accepts only one percent of Turkey’s request for user info 

  The company has released its transparency report for 2019.
• Suruç massacre: “Planned and executed by MIT” 

  In the whole of Turkey the 33 victims of the Suruç massacre are commemorated today. The KCK holds the Turkish secret service MIT and the Erdogan government responsible for the massacres carried out in the name of the ISIS.
• 5 detained as police attack TAYAD members in Ankara 

  Ankara police attacked a group of people who called for action for lawyers and prisoners on death fast.
• PYD congress in Switzerland salutes the Rojava Revolution 

  The 8th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution was celebrated at the 6th Congress of PYD-Switzerland.
• New indictment for former DBP co-chair Sebahat Tuncel 

  Sebahat Tuncel was arrested again in autumn 2016 and sentenced to 15 years in prison in February 2019.
• Activists in Finland plant tree for Rojava 

  "As we mourn for all those who lost their lives in this conflict, we also see that through their sacrifice, Rojava remains free."
• Rojava Street in Livorno 

  Refugio presented the photographic mural "Rojava Street", created in collaboration with Miranda Project and located in Via Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Livorno.
• From the mountains of Agrafa solidarity with Rojava 

  On the anniversary of the revolution in Rojava, activists from the Summer Laboratory of Social Ecology sent their revolutionary and internationalist greetings from the mountains in Agrafa / Greece to the mountains of Kurdistan.