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• Newly formed Dublin government sailing on troubled waters 

  The incoming Dublin government appears to be in troubled waters as Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheál Martin suddenly fired his Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen in connection with motoring offences dating from four years ago.
• Activists gear up for Global Action Day for Rojava 

  Activists all over the world are gearing up for the Global Action Days called on 18 and 19 July to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the Rojava Revolution.
• HCE calls for participation in the demonstration for Shengal 

  The Yazidi Youth Alliance HCE calls for participation in a two-day demonstration from Celle to Hannover. The long march will start on Friday and take place as a solidarity action for the Yazidi settlement area Shengal.
• AKP supporters rally in front of Turkish consulate in Hamburg 

  The AKP foreign organization UID has staged a "martyr remembrance" on the anniversary of the "coup night" in front of the Turkish consulate in Hamburg.
• Lawyers apply to visit Öcalan 

  The lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan filed a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted a visit to the Imralı island prison.
• South African ILRIG condemns Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  The International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) released a statement condemning the repression of activists in the Kurdish Freedom Movement.
• KCDK-E calls on people to join the global actions for Rojava  

  The Kurdish umbrella organisation in Europe called for participation in global actions to be held on the anniversary of the Rojava revolution on 18 and 19 July.
• Clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan resume 

  Thousands have demonstrated in Azerbaijan calling for war after recent deadly clashes with neighbouring Armenia.
• Freedom for former FARC peace negotiator Simón Trinidad 

  The International Campaign for the Repatriation and Freedom of Simón Trinidad has launched a campaign on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
• Activists in Kiel protest Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  Activists in Kiel organised a protest against the Turkish state's attacks on Kurdistan and the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and all prisoners.
• KNK on Hagia Sophia: Erdogan’s Islam is an Islam of conquest 

  The Executive Council of the Kurdistan National Congress-KNK issued a written statement about the decision by a Turkish court which annulled the Hagia Sophia's museum status, saying its use as anything other than a mosque was “not possible legally.”
• Reconnaissance plane crashes in Van: 7 police officers killed 

  Turkish state officials stated that a Police-bound reconnaissance plane crashed in Van and 7 police officers, including 2 pilots were killed.
• Neo-nazi march disrupted in Osnabrück 

  In the German city of Osnabrück, Kurds and German democrats and left organizations protested the AFD ultra-nationalist and Nazis rally.
• Police operation against Islamists in Berlin 

  Hundreds of police officers have searched several objects of the Berlin Islamist scene for terrorist financing, fraud, threats and a variety of other offences.
• Prison sentence against deposed co-mayor of Amed confirmed 

  The prison sentence of almost nine and a half years against the deposed co-mayor of Amed, Adnan Selçuk Mızraklı, has been confirmed.
• Indigenous communities in Peruvian Amazon hit by Covid-19 

  Peru’s Interethnic Association for the Development of the Forest (Aidesep) Monday confirmed five COVID-19 positive cases among the Indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon.
• Switzerland and Germany commemorate Martyrs of Great Resistance  

  Memorials were held in Switzerland and Germany for the martyrs of Amed prison great resistance of 1982.
• KCDK-E calls on people to join march for Shengal and the Yazidis 

  The KCDK-E Co-Presidency Council called for participation in the long march to be organised in Germany on 17 and 18 July, demanding the recognition and security of Shengal's status.
• Diyadin Municipality Co-Mayor Betül Yaşar sent to prison 

  Diyadin Municipality co-mayor Betül Yaşar, who was dismissed by order of the AKP-MHP government, was remanded in custody.
• Work-related accidents claim the life of 4 workers in 20 days 

  In the summer, with the start of the construction season, death on the work place began to increase.
• Another former FARC guerrilla killed brings the toll to 218 

  Colombia’s Alternative Revolutionary Force of the Common (FARC) political party Monday denounced the murder of another two former guerrilas.
• Online event: Ecology & Democratic Confederalism 

  In our event we want to build the pillar of ecology in the concept of democratic confederalism and bridge the gap to ecological protests in Germany and Europe, says the announcement of the online event of Civaka Azad.
• German arms exports booming despite pandemic 

  Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the quantity of war weapons exported from Germany in the first four months of the year increased by 40 percent compared to the same period last year.
• Kurdistan Democratic Society Federation holds 3rd Congress 

  The Kurdistan Democratic Society Federation (FCDK / KAWA) operating in Germany held its 3rd Ordinary Congress in the city of Darmstadt.
• Yazidi institutions take over Freedom for Öcalan Vigil 

  Speaking in front of the Council of Europe today the representative of the Yazidi institutions called to break the silence surrounding the isolation against Kurdish people's leader Öcalan.