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• ETHA editors still held hostage 

  There were no releases in the case the ETHA editors are tried in. The journalists stood by the articles they wrote.
• HDP Buldan and Temelli sent letter to HDK, KDP-I 

  HDP co-chairs Pervin Buldan and Sezai Temelli condemned the attack on the Democratic Party of Kurdistan (HDK) and the KDP-İ center.
• Ozgunes: We must stop the inhumane practices in prisons 

  HDP Sirnak MP Ozgunes protested the torture inflicted upon prisoners in the Sirnak Prison and their families. Ozgunes said: “It is a humanitarian duty to stand against inhumane practices.”
• Colombian ELN rejects pre-conditions set by new president 

  The ELN has said it won't accept the pre-conditions set by new Colombian President, Ivan Duque.
• Kurdish organizations in Russia condemned attacks 

  The organizations of the Kurds living in Russia issued a written joint statement to point out that the attacks on Kurdistan are worrying. 
• Protests banned, drugs go free in Mardin 

  The AKP regime is trying to make the youth fall for their trap of drugs when they failed to make them surrender with oppression and massacres in Mardin. Any and all democratic activity is banned in the city while the drug trade continues unabated.
• Kurdish politicians tried in Van sentenced  

  AKP-MHP regime's political genocide practices continue.
• Hashd al-Shaabi blamed US for Basra unrest 

  Iraq Hashd al-Shaabi, closed to Iran, has said it has evidence showing US consulate in Iraq is behind and has instigated the recent violence in the southern oil-rich city of Basra.
• Many taken into custody in Cizre 

  At least 15 people detained in Cizre
• Protests in Basra growing as resignation of al-Abadi demanded 

  Protests in Basra have first broke out on 3 July and quickly spread to other parts of the country. 
• Municipal usurper engaged in “separatist” activity 

  The trustee appointed to the DBP’s usurped Hakkari Municipality cut off water for several families, claiming that their children are PKK members and they aid the PKK.
• Xelil: We promise Afrin will be saved from invaders  

  Aldar Xelil from the TEV-DEM Administrative Council spoke at the rally held in Düsseldorf and said: “We promise Afrin will be saved from invaders.”
• Çelik: Those who impose the isolation will answer for it 

  HDP MP Tuma Çelik stated that the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan must end at once and added: “This is a crime. One day they will answer for it.”
• Mayor of Riace sent message to Dusseldorf rally 

  One of the speeches at the Dusseldorf rally was that of Riace mayor, Domenico Lucano. Race  is a town in Calabria region, in Italy which is living a very interesting project of co-existence since 1998. 
• SDF: Forbidden to reclute youth under 18 

  SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) General Commander Mazlum Ebdi declared that the SDF are not accepting fighter under 18.
• Düsseldorf rally starts with high enthusiasm 

  The rally in Düsseldorf for Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom started with thousands of participants. The crowd chanted slogans of freedom for Öcalan, and protested the provocations by the German police.
• At least 16 civilians kidnapped in Afrin 

  The people of Afrin continue to suffer from every type of abuse at the hands of the Turkish forces and their mercenary allies.
• Protest against sentences given to Demirtaş and Önder 

  The HDP demonstration was held in front of Amed city hall, and a large number of party members attended. 
• Heavy blow inflicted by HPG on invading Turkish army in Çarçella 

  New blows inflicted by HPG guerrillas on invading Turkish forces.
• March in Damascus demands freedom for Öcalan 

  People in Damascus protested against the isolation imposed on the Kurdish People's Leader
• Protest in Rome against isolation imposed on Öcalan 

  Action against the isolation imposed by the Turkish state on the Kurdish People's Leader and fires in Dersim
• Kevana Zêrin: Let's all attend the Dusseldorf rally 

  TEV-ÇAND Kevana Zêrin condemned the German government banning of the International Kurdish Culture Festival, calling for mass attendance at the Dusseldorf rally on Saturday.
• Northern & Eastern Syrian Autonomous Administration to coordinate 

  MSD Co-chair Emine Umer stated that with the founding of the Northern and Eastern Syrian Autonomous Administration, they aim to create a joint administration that will handle the coordination between autonomous administrations and civilian assemblies.
• HDP Demirtaş and Önder handed prison sentences - NEW 

  HDP hostage co-chair and former Istanbul deputy have been handed out prison sentence
• Iraqi Parliament to hold emergency meeting on Basra 

  The Iraqi parliament on Friday announced an emergency meeting after a curfew was imposed in the southern city of Basra.