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• Family of Medeni Yıldırım says his grave was vandalized 

  A memorial was held in the village of Kayacık (Hêzan) in Lice, Amed, for Medeni Yıldırım, who lost his life when soldiers opened fire on civilians at a protest on 28 June 2013.
• Memorial for Zeynep Kınacı in Rojava and Lebanon 

  “We will follow the path traced by Zilan who has set an example not only for Kurdish women but also for women all over the world.”
• Request for arrest issued for 20 more people in DTK case 

  The Turkish government's political genocide against the civil society organisation DTK is expanding.
• UN Bachelet says Israel's annexation plan illegal 

  The Israeli government is expected to detail later this week how to implement its US-backed Middle East peace plan.
• Revenge Unit claims responsibility for actions in Farqin 

  Martyr Sakine Cansiz Revenge Unit carried out action on 25 and 26 June in Amed's Farqin district.
• Chief Public Prosecutor calls Leyla Güven to give a statement 

  DTK co-chair Leyla Güven has been summoned by the Diyarbakır Chief Public Prosecutor's Office.
• HDP pays tribute to Sheikh Said and his 47 comrades 

  The HDP commemorated Sheikh Said and his 47 comrades, who were executed on 29 June 1925, demanding to locate the graves.
• Parlasur President issues call to international community  

  “I make this call to the international community to stand against these attacks. Dialogue can be developed only within the framework of a peace process," said Mercosur Parliament (Parlasur) President Oscar Alberto Laborde.
• Courts send 8 people to jail in DTK case in Amed 

  Within the scope of the DTK investigation, 8 of the 16 people who were transferred to the courthouse today were remanded in custody.
• 13 dead of coronavirus in the Spanish State in the last week 

  Spain continues to record new coronavirus outbreaks less than a week after the government lifted the state of alarm and the restrictions on movement that came with it.
• HDP says 'Twin Family Campaign' helped over 75,000 families 

  The HDP had launched the ‘Twin Family Campaign’ to help families left in a difficult situation because of the coronavirus pandemic. The campaign ended with thousands of families helped.
• Martyr Mehmet Sevgat Revenge Unit carries out 2 action in Konya 

  Martyr Mehmet Sevgat Revenge Unit said in a written statement that it carried out two actions in Konya on 28 June.
• Activists in London protest Turkish attacks 

  Action in London to protest the Turkish attacks on women.
• KCK appeals to the countries and peoples in the Middle East 

  The KCK points out that the Turkish state is not only hostile to the Kurdish people, but that its neo-Ottoman expansionist policy also threatens Arab countries.
• YPS-Jin and Revenge Unit claim responsibility for actions 

  The militant women's group YPS-Jin and a "Revenge Unit" have claimed responsibility for actions targeting buildings of AKP supporters in western Turkey and on the police in Amed.
• Italy-wide protests against Turkish war policy 

  In dozens of Italian cities there have been protests against the war crimes and occupation attacks of the Turkish state in Kurdistan.
• Colombia’s Mobile Riot Squad kills 15-year-old activist 

  "ESMAD murders a child in Soacha. It is the war against the poor," former presidential candidate Gustavo Petro said.
• Roboski Initiative: 444 weeks without justice 

  The Justice Initiative for Roboski made a statement at the Ankara Branch of the Human Rights Association (IHD), 102 months after the Roboski Massacre, in which 34 civilians, 19 of whom children, were killed by Turkish warplanes.
• Father of 10-day-old baby in prison: We still haven't named him 

  The impact of prison in little children is something lasting in time.
• HDP: Agricultural workers killed by exploitation and negligence 

  6 people were killed and 12 others injured when a minibus carrying agricultural workers crashed into a tractor-trailer in Turkey’s central Konya province on Friday.
• Activists in Europe protest fascist attacks  

  The invasion and genocidal attacks carried out by the Turkish state were protested in Vienna, Krefeld, Frieburg, Essen, and Florence.
• Germany-wide protests against Turkish war policy  

  Under the slogan "Everywhere is Kurdistan, everywhere is resistance" Kurds in Germany took to the streets to protest against the extermination war of the Turkish state.
• MLKP and HBDH fighter Sinan Güneş laid to rest 

  Farewell to MLKP and HBDH fighter Sinan Güneş in Istanbul.
• Demonstration in Zurich against Turkish attacks on Kurdistan 

  In Zurich hundreds of people demonstrated against the Turkish attacks on Kurdistan and the targeted massacres of women.
• Memorial for MLKP/FESK fighter Sinan Güneş 

  A commemoration event was organised for Sinan Güneş in Stuttgart. The MLKP/FESK fighter belonged to an internationalist guerrilla unit and died in a Turkish air attack in the province of Kars at the end of April.