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• 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.
• Paramilitary group carries out massacre in Colombia: 8 dead  

  The displaced people fear a possible incursion by armed groups against the community.
• Activists in Europe commemorate the Rojava Revolution 

  The anniversary of the Rojava Revolution was celebrated with events held in Stuttgart and Berlin, Germany.
• Fighting among Turkey’s mercenaries in Libya 

  Reports of fighting among members of the Lawa Sigur Shimal group from the mercenary coalition called “National Army”.
• Justice for Suruç, justice for all! 

  On the anniversary of the ISIS massacre in Suruç, the confederation AvEG-Kon calls for commemorative rallies in Germany.
• Sancar: Protest is not enough, we have to build 

  The HDP holds "democracy meetings" with all social groups in Turkey. HDP co-chair Mithat Sancar has expressed his views on the goals at a "meeting of peoples and religious communities" in Hatay province in southern Turkey.
• People in Heilbronn march against fascism 

  DKTM, Deutsch-Afrıkanischer Verein, Die Linke, Antıfa-Abend Interventionistische Linke, activists, Seebrücke organized a joint action against fascism in Heilbronn.
• Peace in Kurdistan Campaign salutes the Rojava Revolution 

  "What has been achieved in Rojava is a pinnacle of resistance – new peaks will arise and be ascended. We salute the 19 July and we will spread the lessons to be learned from it," says Peace in Kurdistan Campaign.   
• Activists in Brussels and Erfurt protest Turkish attacks on Kurds 

  The Turkish state's invasion attacks against North East Syria were protested in Brussels, and Erfurt.
• Bridge in Italy named after Hevrin Khalaf 

  A bridge over the river Rivi Freddi in the Italian city of Berceto was named after Hevrin Khalaf. The Kurdish politician was murdered by Turkish-backed jihadists in October 2019.
• 17 activists arrested in action for victims of Suruç massacre 

  In Istanbul, seventeen left-wing activists were arrested during a leaflet campaign commemorating the victims of the ISIS massacre in Suruç.