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• Woman jailed with 10-month-old baby in Şırnak 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide in the Kurdish region continues.
• Bachelet sounds alarm over Lebanon economic crisis 

  The Government estimates that, as of April 2020, 75 per cent of people are in need of aid.
• Yemen: Coronavirus in the world’s worst humanitarian crisis 

  While recorded infections are low, the pandemic is believed to be sweeping across the country undetected. In a country beset by conflict and climate shocks, funding is required fast.
• Police attack lawyers' protest in Ankara 

  The Turkish police attacked the lawyers protesting in Ankara. For weeks the lawyers have been opposing a draft law of the regime, through which it tries to get the bar associations under its control.
• Families apply to visit Imralı 

  Families of Abdullah Öcalan and the other political prisoners in Imralı applied for a visit to the Prosecutor's Office.
• Four people detained in Amed 

  The Turkish regime’s political genocide operations continue unabated in the Kurdish region.
• HDP headquarters in Kozluk stormed 

  The Turkish police carried out a raid on the HDP headquarters in Kozluk, Batman. The search is still ongoing.
• Tent actions in Hanover and Stuttgart demand freedom for Öcalan 

  Tent actions were organized to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in the German cities of Stuttgart and Hanover.
• Tent action for Abdullah Öcalan in Stockholm 

  The Stockholm Democratic Kurdish Community Center said that the tent action will continue from 2 to 4.30 on 10 July and called on Kurds and their friends to come before the parliament demanding freedom for Öcalan.
• 188 work-related deaths in June, 920 in six months 

  The 188 deaths registered in June bring the number of work-related deaths to 920 in the first six months of the year.
• New explosions hit Tehran 

  It was reported that new explosions occurred on Thursday nigh in Tehran, causing power cuts in some areas.
• House raids in Mersin and Adana, at least 17 people arrested 

  Many people were taken into custody following house raids carried out by the Turkish police in Adana and Mersin. Police reportedly resorted to violence and threats.
• Kurdish women protest in front of the French Parliament 

  Women denounced the massacres committed by Turkey against women and the Kurdish people.
• Inhumane and dangerous: seasonal work in Turkey 

  Asrın Keleş from the HDK Ecology Commission describes the inhumane and life-threatening conditions of harvest workers in Turkey.
• MEPs call for an end to arms sale to Turkey 

  Members of the European Parliament heavily criticized Turkey and called for an end to aid and arms sale to Turkey.
• German technology in Turkish armed drones? 

  After the Left Party, the Greens are also discussing the use of Turkish armed drones against civilians in Kurdistan. The German Parliament faction demands clarification of the share of German technology in armed drones.
• Öcalan’s lawyers apply to visit Imralı 

  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.
• Kurds in Europe take to the streets against Turkish attacks 

  The Turkish state's invasion and genocide attacks were protested by demonstrations in the German cities of Hanover, Frankfurt, Kiel, Heilbronn, as well as in the Swedish city of Borlänge and the French city of Marseille.
• Action in Stockholm demanding freedom for Öcalan 

  Kurds in Stockholm have taken action to demand freedom for Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan in the square in front of the Swedish Parliament.
• Vigil in front of UN representation in Bonn 

  Members of the KNK Women's Commission are holding a three-day vigil in front of the UN representation in Bonn to protest against the Turkish occupation attacks on Kurdistan and the targeted killing of women.
• More people arrested in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan 

  In Izmir and Urfa, eight people have been detained on terror charges in a series of raids. In Istanbul, five members of the HDP Youth Council have been jailed.
• Istanbul lawyers protest the draft law on bar associations 

  In Istanbul, lawyers have protested against the bill set to change the rules of the bar association. With the new law, the Turkish government wants to bring the entire judicial system into line.
• Rubin: Turkey fulfills definition of terror sponsor more than PKK 

  "NATO member or not, it increasingly seems Turkey fulfills any definition of terror sponsor more than the PKK does," said Rubin.
• YPS claims responsibility for action in Izmir 

  “Our YPS and YPS / Jin self-defense members are everywhere, and every individual who performs self-defense against genocide attacks is a member of YPS and YPS / Jin."
• 33 organisations condemn fascist attacks in Vienna 

  Fascist attacks in Vienna were condemned in a joint press statement organised by the Antifascist Solidarity Union.