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• Protest in Trier against Turkish occupation threats 

  Kurds and their friends in Europe are protesting against Turkish threats to occupy parts of Kurdistan.
• "South Kurdistan parties must not fall into Turkey’s trap" 

  In addition to military attacks, one of the central strategies of the Turkish state is to foment conflicts within the Kurds and to prevent Kurdish unity. HDP politician Zeyyat Ceylan warns the parties in southern Kurdistan of this trap.
• Swedish Left Party urges action against Turkish attacks on Rojava 

  Swedish Left Party leader Jonas Sjöstedt protested the Turkish state’s threats and preparations to invade Rojava and called on the international community to oppose and stop a possible attack against the Kurds and their allies.
• Protests in Germany against neo-Ottoman aspirations of Turkey 

  The Turkish aggression in Kurdistan was protested in Dusseldorf, Stuttgart and Hamburg.
• Europe-wide demonstrations against Turkish occupation 

  In many European cities demonstrations were held against the Turkish occupation war in southern Kurdistan and Erdoğan’s threats against Rojava and northern Syria.
• HDP Muş co-chairs jailed 

  HDP Muş co-chairs Ferhat Çakı and Muhlise Karagüzel have been remanded in custody.
• Mass protests against Turkish invasion across Europe today 

  The decision for protests against the Turkish occupation was taken last weekend at a joint meeting of 34 Kurdish parties and organizations.
• HDP MPs Günay and Paylan to visit Latin America 

  HDP representatives will hold meetings and attend conferences in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile to inform the people of the situation in Turkey and the work they do in defense of human rights and ethnic minorities in the country.
• Three HDP members jailed in Tatvan 

  Political genocide operations of the AKP regime against the Kurdish people and their elected representatives continue increasingly.
• ISIS gangs reorganize in rural Iraq 

  ISIS gangs lost their last stronghold in March 2019 in the battle led by the SDF. Despite claims that the fight against ISIS is over, the most recent reports paint a different picture.
• CENI: The “peace corridor” is part of war-mongering plans 

  CENI warned that any aggression on the Democratic Federation of Northern and Eastern Syria will constitute an attack on all of humanity.
• KON-MED calls for protests against Turkish invasion on August 10 

  KON-MED called on Kurds and allies to attend marches and rallies on August 10.
• Two people jailed in Antep over social media posts 

  The Turkish regime’s arrests on the basis of fabricated accusations continue uninterrupted.
• HDP office raided, co-chairs detained in Muş 

  Police raided the HDP office and houses of co-chairs of the party in Muş province.
• Three people including a pregnant woman detained in Amed 

  Police raided a home and detained three people, including a pregnant woman in Amed (Diyarbakır).
• Letter to UK Foreign Secretary on Hasankeyf and the Ilisu Dam 

  Peace in Kurdistan Campaign is among the promoters of the initiative.
• KCDK-E calls for massive protests against Turkish occupation 

  The Europe-wide Kurdish umbrella organisation  KCDK-E called for demonstrations against the Turkish occupation efforts in Kurdistan this weekend. Protests have already been announced in numerous places.
• 3 detained in Ankara and Kars 

  2 people were detained in police raids in Ankara and 1 in Kars.
• Bremen protests Turkish invasion 

  A demonstration was held in Bremen, Germany to protest the Turkish state’s threats against Rojava and the occupation in Afrin.
• Campaign for burned lands of Rojava farmers 

  The campaign Make Rojava Green Again has launched efforts to compensate farmers whose wheat and barley fields were set on fire in Rojava and northern Syria.
• Turkey and the US to set up ‘joint operations center’ 

  The US agreed to set up ‘joint operations center’ with the Turkish regime that has been threatening to launch a new occupation attack against the Kurds in North and East Syria.
• Lawyers met Öcalan on Imralı today 

  Lawyers Newroz Uysal and Rezan Sarıca met their client Abdullah Öcalan.
• Week 372 in the Freedom for Öcalan Vigil in Strasbourg 

  The Freedom for Öcalan Vigil, the longest protest organised by Kurds in Europe, has been taken over by a new group of activists on its 372nd week.
• Turkish regime orders ‘mobilisation’ along the border 

  The Turkish regime, which announced an imminent invasion attack against North and East Syria, has sent a ‘mobilisation order’ to the cities and towns in border region.
• Pentagon chief: US will prevent ‘unacceptable’ Turkish incursion 

  Defence Secretary Mark Esper said that any move by Turkey to invade northern Syria would be unacceptable.