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• 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.
• Latin America's economy will take years to recover after Covid-19 

  Essential productive activities in Latin America will take several years to fully recover since all economies in the region are experiencing a recession time derived from COVID-19.
• HDP announces nationwide "democracy meetings” 

  As part of the "Roadmap to Democracy" drawn up by the HDP against the authoritarian course of government, "democracy meetings" with social interest groups will soon be taking place in Turkey.
• 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.
• Tortured Kurdish politician jailed after 10 days in custody 

  Kurdish politician and activist Rojbin Çetin was imprisoned after 10 days in custody.
• Mayor of Sur sentenced to long prison term 

  The deposed co-mayor of Sur, Cemal Özdemir has been sentenced to almost nine years in prison by a Turkish court in Amed.
• MEPs call for immediate action against Turkey’s attacks 

  Open letter by MEPs calls for immediate action to stop Turkey’s attacks peace and democracy, in Kurdistan and everywhere; “Take concrete steps, as economic and targeted sanctions, to help end Turkey's unlawful repression and attacks”.
• Turkey continues to threaten to blackmail the EU 

  The Turkish Foreign Minister Çavuşoğlu has threatened EU Foreign Commissioner Josep Borrell that the borders for refugees to Greece will be kept "open" if the EU does not make concessions.
• Freedom for Öcalan Vigil enters 420th week 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil held in front of the Council of Europe demanding freedom for the Kurdish people's leader was taken over by a group from Pforzheim on week 420.
• Activists in Athens protest Turkish attacks 

  The massacres and occupation attacks carried out by the Turkish state against Kurdistan were protested by hundreds of people marching to the Turkish consulate in Athens.
• Four people arrested for negligence in factory explosion 

  Four people have been arrested after the explosion at a fireworks factory in Hendek, Sakarya.
• Eighteen civil society organisations write to ECHR and CoE 

  Eighteen civil society organisations have written a letter to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe and the President of the European Court of Human Rights to denounced the Turkish military operations in northern Syria.
• Another explosion in Iran 

  An explosion occurred this morning in a factory in the south of Tehran, the capital of Iran: two people were killed and many were injured.
• First-ever Freedom for Öcalan Campaign online rally on 16 July 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Campaign is organising for July 16th the first-ever online rally.