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• 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.
• TÜİK: consumer prices rose 15,72% on an annual basis 

  The figure was in line with market expectations.
• Iraqi PM ordered Hashd al-Shaabi to join formal armed forces 

  Hashd al-Shaabi militias, also known as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), played a role in the war against the Islamic State in Iraq.
• German government aware of guerrilla's death but not Turkey's war 

  HPG guerrilla-internationalist fighter Sarah Handelmann, codenamed Sara Dorşin, lost her life on 7 April 2019 as a result of the Turkish air raid on Medya Defense Zones.
• MEPs demanded freedom for Catalan jailed deputies 

  Thousands of independence supporters and sympathizers have taken part in an ongoing protest in Strasbourg as the European Parliament held its opening session without three Catalan MEPs-elect.
• Migrant detention centre hit by air strike in Libya: 40 killed 

  An airstrike hit a detention centre for mainly African migrants in a suburb of Tripoli, killing at least 40 people and wounding 80.
• HDP co-mayors of Diyadin beaten by police while defending driver 

  Co-mayor's of Ağrı's Diyadin district, Evren Demir and Betül Yaşar were beaten and handcuffed by dozens of police officers.
• Lawyers applied to visit Öcalan 

  Lawyers of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan applied to Bursa Public Prosecutor's Office to meet with their client in Imralı High Security F-Type Prison.
• HBIM assumes responsibility for sabotage against Izmir hotels 

  A group calling themselves Peoples’ United Vengeance Militia (HBIM) announced that they carried out a sabotage action at the Grand Efe Hotel and hotels in the vicinity in Izmir.