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• German ISIS members to stand trial in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf 

  A German Islamic State member from Landshut will have to answer to the State Security Senate of the OLG Frankfurt for war crimes. Charges were brought against two suspected ISIS members in Düsseldorf.
• Activists in Basel organize action to support hunger strikers Dağ and Er 

  Activists in Basel organized an action to support hunger strikers Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er in Hewler Prison.
• Young Kurdish activists in London demand freedom for Öcalan with action at British Museum  

  Members of the Revolutionary Youth Movement organized an action to demand freedom for Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan, at the British Museum in London.
• Families of Imrali prisoners apply for a visit 

  The families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other three prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives.
• New crime scene investigation footage of attack against Şenyaşar family published 

  Crime scene investigation footage emerged of the attack in which three members of the Şenyaşar family were murdered in Suruç State Hospital.
• Two-day conference on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne  

  A conference will be held in Lausanne on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne signed in 1923. The conference, where the consequences of the Treaty of Lausanne will be discussed, will last for 2 days.
• Police take 11 people into custody in Mersin 

  In house raids in Mersin, 11 people were taken into custody on the grounds that they participated in the Newroz celebrations.
• Two HDP Balıkesir executives sent to prison 

  HDP Balıkesir Provincial executive Adbulhalim Aksu and HDP member Serdar Kocaman, who were taken into custody in Balıkesir on Tuesday, were sent to prison on charges of "membership in a terrorist organization".
• March in Geneva: Isolation is a crime against humanity 

  A protest was held in front of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to protest isolation. Activists demanded that the rights of the two prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Hêwler prison for two months be met and that they be released.
• Kurds living in Marseille protest isolation imposed on Öcalan  

  Kurds living in Marseille protested the isolation imposed on Öcalan with a sit-in in front of the European Parliament Representation.
• Peace in Kurdistan sends letter to PM about threats to Öcalan  

  Peace in Kurdistan sends letter to PM about threats to Öcalan
• NATO approves Erdoğan’s genocidal strategy on the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne 

  NATO’s compromise with the Turkish state and its public embrace of Erdoğan’s violent anti-Kurdish policies show that the alliance is once again willing to commit serious violations of international law and human rights, KNK says.
• KCDK-E calls for worldwide actions for Dağ and Er on day 56 of hunger strike 

  KCDK-E calls for worldwide actions for Mazlum Dağ and Abdurrahman Er in front of the diplomatic missions of KRI and Iraq on 14 July.
• Oluç: Turkey's EU membership depends on the resolution of the Kurdish question 

  Green Left Party Vice-President Saruhan Oluç stated that Turkey's EU membership depends on democratization, the rule of law and the resolution of the Kurdish question.
• ‘Abdullah Öcalan’s freedom is of vital importance to us’ 

  The Mesopotamia Platform of Religions and Beliefs calls on the Council of Europe and the CPT to fulfill their responsibilities and duties in the face of the isolation and torture regime imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• HDP criticizes new Execution Law as it discriminates political prisoners 

  The HDP said in a statement that the amendment to the Execution Law made discrimination against political prisoners.
• AKP corruption in Van increasing 

  AKP Van MP Kayhan Türkmenoğlu, is benefiting from trustee-run municipalities with the companies he has established.
• KCDK-E holds sixth congress 

  At the sixth congress of the KCDK-E, 180 delegates discussed current political developments and self-critically evaluated their own work for four days. In addition, a new board was elected.
• ‘Green Left Party will focus more on direct organising work’ 

  Hacı Erdemir, board member of the Green Left Party, spoke to ANF about the renewal process of the Kurdish political movement in Turkey through an organised grassroots discussion.
• From The Hague to Toronto: Stop the isolation in Imrali 

  Kurdish young people in the Dutch city of The Hague held an action to protest the isolation in Imrali. An action was held for the same purpose in Toronto, Canada.
• KCDK-E protests forced evacuation of Lavrio Camp  

  The KCDK-E protested the forced evacuation of Lavrio Camp by police, called on the Greek government to abandon such practices and to take a stance in favor of human rights.
• German HPG guerrilla remembered in Munich 

  The death of the young internationalist Thomas (Azad Şergeş) in Kurdistan has deeply moved many people. In Munich, companions and relatives organised an evening of remembrance with stories, poems and songs.
• Call for participation in the Lausanne rally on July 22 

  Kurds are organizing a series of events on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Treaty of Lausanne which divided Kurdistan into four parts and subjected the peoples of the region to denial and genocide.
• Scholz: Sweden's NATO membership and Turkey's EU accession are not related 

  Responding to Turkish President Erdoğan’s blackmail to approve Sweden's NATO membership in return for Turkey's EU accession, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said: “The two issues are not related.”
• KONGRA-GEL calls for international action for Abdullah Öcalan 

  KONGRA-GEL demands clear information about the conditions of Abdullah Öcalan after reports that he received threatening letters from the administration of Imrali Prison.