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• HDP and HDK members detained in Ankara and Urfa 

  HDP and HDK members detained following house raids in Ankara and Urfa.
• Lawyers hold 183rd demonstration for Tahir Elci 

  Another demonstration was held for Tahir Elci in front of the Diyarbakir Court House protesting the Forensics Institution decision to not issue a new report.
• Families’ appeal to visit Imrali rejected 

  An appeal by the families of Abdullah Ocalan and other prisoners in Imrali to visit their relatives was rejected.
• Explosion kills three in Turkish Reyhanlı town bordering Syria 

  Turkish President said three Syrians were killed in the explosion.
• Finland government said it won't take back families of ISIS 

  Finnish government said it will not take back mothers and children of Islamic State Finnish militants.
• 124 workers lost their life while doing their job 

  The Laborers' Health and Occupational Safety (ISIG) Assembly, said that at least 124 workers lost their lives in their work place or in work-related incidents in June.
• Lawyers applied to lift ban on demos in Van 

  Lawyers in Van applied to the court to lift ban on demonstrations.
• Eight people taken into custody and beaten in Beytüşşebap 

  Among the people taken into custody this morning in Beytüşşebap are two cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatment.
• Demo against French repression of Kurdish activists on Saturday 

  Demonstration to support Kurdish activists targeted by French justice to be held in Paris on Saturday.
• Amed to march for peace on 8 July 

  The HDP Youth Assembly called on people to join the march organised in Amed with the slogan: "No to War, Yes to a solution through Democratic Politics".
• Sinn Féin criticised UK government for delaying Assembly election 

  Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill criticised the British government decision to bring forward legislation to delay an Assembly election.
• Putin: Militants going from Idlib to Libya 

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a press conference in Rome that he was worried that militants were flowing into Libya from Syria's Idlib province.
• Action with improvised explosive in Gaziosmanpasa, Istanbul 

  Martyr Serhildan Mazlum Vengeance Unit said the coffee house used as a gambling den on the Fatih Avenue in the Muzaffer Karayollari neighborhood was targeted.
• German intelligence: MIT runs amok in NRW 

  The 2018 intelligence report for North Rhine-Westphalia, the biggest state in Germany that also has a large population from Kurdistan and Turkey, shows that the MIT is engaged heavily in espionage in the state.
• KCDK-E's Koç: Towards a national attitude on Turkish attacks 

  On 27 July there will be a workshop in which we will work for a national attitude towards the attacks carried out by Turkey in South Kurdistan.
• Municipality of Hazro passed 50% women quota for its staff 

  The Municipality of Hazro, run by the HDP, has decided to apply a 50 percent quota for women among its administrative and technical personnel.
• Family not given corpse of prisoner who died in Kandira Prison 

  The family of a prisoner who took his life in Kandira F Type Prison No. 2 was not given his remains.
• Negotiations to begin in Sudan  

  Talks between the two rival groups had collapsed in May over the make-up of the governing body and who should lead it -- a civilian or soldier.
• Tension grows as 7 July deadline set by Iran nears 

  It is an exchange of words between Iran and the US over the nuclear accord.
• UN calls for inquiry into airstrike on detention centre in Libya 

  The death toll, which includes many women and children, represents one of the largest single losses of civilian life since the civil war in 2011.
• Bayık in the Washington Post: This is a crucial phase for peace 

  "By solving its Kurdish question, Turkey could play a decisive role in furthering democracy, stability and peace in the Middle East. Yet the Turkish state refuses to do this."
• Demonstration against systematic attacks on kolbars in Brussels 

  Protest against the systematic attacks on kolbars in front of the Iranian Consulate in Brussels.
• German court supports Facebook’s Kurdish censorship 

  A Munich court issued the verdict for the case of Kerem Schamberger against Facebook for closing his account for sharing a statement criticizing the PKK ban, ruling in favor of Facebook.
• New co-mayors appointed for Kayapinar and Yenisehir 

  HDP appointed new co-mayors to replace the co-mayors robbed of their mandates in the Kayapinar and Yenisehir municipalities.
• “Vengeance Unit” claims responsibility for Sultan Ahmet sabotage 

  A group calling themselves the “Martyr Xelil Jehat Vengeance Unit” claimed responsibility for two separate actions carried out in Istanbul on June 12 and 21.