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• Sinn Féin challenged Unionists over anti-social bonfires 

  The leadership of political unionism must do more to challenge and confront the destructive and toxic issue of anti-social bonfires, Sinn Féin Leas Uachtarán Michelle O’Neill has said.
• Slovenian PM set to further militarised border with Croacia 

  Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Sarec announced he has decided to increase police and military presence along the border with Croatia.
• Turkish occupation protested in Lausanne 

  An action was organized in Lausanne to protest the invasion attacks carried out by the Turkish state against South Kurdistan and against those cooperating with this occupation.
• Explosion in Reyhanlı: 7 people injured 

  Seven people were injured when an explosion occurred in Reyhanlı, province of Hatay.
• HDP MPs detained and battered by the police for saying “No war” 

  Police attacked the people joining a demonstration in Amed for democracy and against war. Deputies of the HDP are among those battered and detained in the crackdown.
• Erciş is turning into a modern city through participation 

  With a population of 250 thousand Erciş is one of the largest provinces of Van.
• Children's Kurdish Festival in Switzerland 

  A colourful Mihricana Zarokan (Children's Festival) was organised in Winterthur, Switzerland.
• ISIS wounded 2 civilians and 2 Iraqi soldiers in Xaneqîn 

  ISIS mercenaries carried out an attack in Xaneqîn wounding 2 civilians and 2 Iraqi soldiers.
• 43 tons of food aid sent by Kurdish and French groups to Lavrio 

  The Democratic Kurdish Council of France, the trade union CGT and Roja Sor donated 43 tons of food to the Kurdish refugees living in Lavrio camp, in Greece.
• Police harassed students protesting at METU in Ankara 

  Police harassed the students who were holding a Vigil at the METU university in Ankara.
• Germany Deutsche Bank to cut 18,000 jobs by 2022 

  Germany Deutsche Bank says it will cut 18,000 jobs by 2022.
• Turkish invasion protested in Sydney 

  Kurds and their friends in Sydney protested Turkish attacks in South Kurdistan.
• Greek right wing party set to win elections 

  Greece’s opposition conservatives were on track to return to power by a landslide on Sunday, early results showed.
• HDP statement on SETA report 

  The Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) protested the Foundation for Political, Economic and Social Research (SETA) report and said, “Journalism is not a crime, but targeting journalists is.”
• Lawyers in prison for defending families of SOMA mine disaster 

  Lawyers from the People’s Law Office in prison for defending families of SOMA mine disaster.
• Family of prisoner Kilic suspected he was executed 

  Political prisoner Irfan Kilic lost his life in the Kandira Type F Prison No.2 on July 3, and his family suspects an execution.
• Military operation in Lice and Kulp 

  a military operation was launched in Lice and Kulp with thousands of soldiers deployed.
• Swedish Foreign Minister Wallstrom met journalists 

  Wallstrom met with foreign journalists in Sweden and spoke about Sweden’s current foreign policy and the issues on the country’s agenda.
• Turkish attacks protested in Berlin 

  DEST-DAN Women's Assembly, PYD Berlin and Ciwanên Azad joined the rally organized by Berlin Free Kurdistan Community to protest Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan.
• Protest against repression of Kurds in Paris 

  A demonstration was held in Rue La Fayette, in Paris, where three Kurdish women politicians, Sakine Cansiz, Fidan Dogan and Leyla Saylemez were murdered on January 2013.
• Hundreds in Frankfurt protested Turkish attacks 

  Activists joined the protest from the surrounding cities Giessen, Mainz, Siegen, Offenbach and Hanau.
• Iran to further scale back commitment on nuclear deal 

  Iran said on Sunday it would further scale back its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal.
• Youth in Switzerland protest Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan 

  A banner in German called on people to show solidarity with Kurdistan.
• Sinn Féin to Council: Rescind legal threat on Irish language sign 

  Sinn Féin said Council should now rescind the letter threatening legal action against pensioner who erected an Irish language sign on her property.
• Protests against Turkish invasion of South Kurdistan in Germany 

  The Turkish military invasion in southern Kurdistan has been protested in Saarbrucken and Cologne cities of Germany.