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• 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.
• Mapuche leader Machi Celestino enters 73rd day of hunger strike 

  Mapuche's people spiritual advisor (Machi) Celestino Cordova called on people to continue to fight for Indigenous rights in Chile, even in the event of his death. The Machi has been on hunger strike for 73 days.
• Governor bans public activities in 22 areas in Şırnak 

  All civil activities are banned in 22 areas in Şırnak between 6 pm on 13 July and midnight on 16 July 2020.
• Police confiscate keys of all offices of Diyadin Municipality 

  After taking the HDP co-mayor of Diyadin Municipality into custody, police searched the municipality building for hours and confiscated all offices keys from the staff.
• New political police operation in Amed and Antep, dozens arrested 

  Police raided several addresses in the morning in Amed and Antep.
• EU ministers criticise Turkey over Hagia Sophia, drilling 

  Several ministers voiced concern at the direction Turkey has taken under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
• Protest in Diyadin: No one can take away our will 

  In Diyadin, there were protests against the arrest of the mayor and the police blockade in the town hall. HDP vice president Saruhan Oluç said in Ankara: "The state's action is not only directed against the HDP, it is also deeply misogynistic.”
• Further actions by militant groups in Turkey 

  Three different groups have claimed responsibility for numerous actions on state institutions and private property of "AKP fascists" in Turkey. The militancy is increasing, especially women's groups are active.
• Police assault in Amed 

  In Amed, the police stormed cafés and attacked the people with kicks, punches and tear gas. There were riots because of the assault and the police used firearms.
• Loyalist sectarianism in the North of Ireland isn't dead 

  Anger has increased over the weekend at the failure of politicians and mainstream media to even condemn the bonfires, lit ahead of ‘the Twelfth’, the height of the marching season by the Protestant Orange Order.
• FARC party denounces killing of yet another former guerrilla 

  Another former FARC guerrilla killed in Colombia.
• Police raid Diyadin Municipality, arrest HDP co-mayor  

  Diyadin Municipality HDP co-mayor Betül Yaşar was detained by the police in the context of the political genocide operation carried out against the party.
• Military operation against IS in Iraq 

  The Iraqi army is conducting a comprehensive operation against the so-called "Islamic State" in the Diyala Governorate.
• Iranian forces kill two more kolbars 

  Iranian regime forces have killed two more kolbars (cross-border traders) in Eastern Kurdistan.