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• Kurds and Baluchis demonstrate in front of the UN headquarters in Geneva 

  Kurdish and Baloch activists demonstrated together for their rights in front of the UN building in Geneva.
• 4 Armenian soldiers killed in Nagorno Karabakh 

  It is reported that four Armenian soldiers were killed by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh).
• Condemnation of Turkish attacks against Rojava growing 

  Trade unions, deputies and groups condemned the Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Charges against former Cologne councilor dropped in Turkey 

  The Turkish judiciary ended the "terror" proceedings against the former Cologne city councilor and member of the state parliament Hamide Akbayir. The allegations that the 64-year-old was a member of a "terrorist organization" were dropped.
• YPS sets fire to 8 vehicles in Antalya to protest isolation  

  The Martyr Delal Amed YPS Retaliation Team claimed responsibility for the setting on fire of 8 vehicles belonging to "collaborators of the fascist regime" in Antalya to protest the torture system in Imrali prison.
• HDP and Green Left Party issue joint message to mark Feast of Sacrifice 

  The HDP and the Green Left Party issued a joint message on the occasion of Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice).
• Journalist Merdan Yanardag detained after criticizing the isolation of Öcalan 

  TELE1 Editor-in-Chief Merdan Yanardag was detained for criticizing the isolation of Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan.
• French Democratic Kurdish Council goes to congress in Paris 

  The French Democratic Kurdish Council (CDK-F), the umbrella organization of Kurdish associations and institutions in France, held its 10th congress in Paris.
• Activists in Toronto protest Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria 

  Activists in Toronto condemned the murder of Yusra Darwish, Lîman Shiwesh and Firat Tuma.
• Associations and groups in the Spanish state condemn Turkish attacks against Rojava 

  Associations, unions and groups in the Spanish state condemn Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria.
• KON-MED holds its 3rd congress in Bergisch Gladbach 

  KON-MED held its 3rd congress in Bergisch Gladbach, focusing on the freedom of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the lifting of the ban on the PKK. Emine Ruken Akça and Kerem Gök were elected new co-chairs.
• DBP holds 5th extraordinary congress, re-elects Saliha Aydeniz and Keskin Bayındır as co-chairs 

  Kurdish politicians Saliha Aydeniz and Keskin Bayındır have been re-elected as the co-chairs of the Democratic Regions Party (DBP) at an extraordinary congress in Ankara.
• LAB, CIG y Solidaridad Obrera condemn Turkish attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria 

  Basque, Galician and Spanish trade unions condemned the Turkish attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria.
• Demo in Hamburg calls for immediate release of Kenan Ayaz extradited from Cyprus 

  Demonstrators in Hamburg expressed solidarity with Kenan Ayaz who has been in pre-trial detention in Hamburg since the beginning of June following his extradition from Cyprus.
• The ‘Little Bazaar’ of poverty 

  In the neighbourhood known as the "Little Bazaar" behind the Süleymaniye Complex in Istanbul, people live in great poverty. The majority Kurdish population that arrived in the 1990s is now supplemented by immigrants without status.
• Meeting in Alessandria about Shengal and Maxmur 

  A debate was organized in Alessandria (Italy) to tell about the recent trip made to Shengal by a delegation of activists from the city.
• Activists in London protest Turkish state's attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria  

  The Turkish state's attacks on Northern and Eastern Syria were protested in front of the British Parliament in London.
• Activists in Amsterdam and Darmstadt protest Turkish state attacks against Rojava 

  Activists in Amsterdam and Darmstadt protested the Turkish state attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria, and called on everyone to defend the Rojava Revolution.
• Lawyers and families of Öcalan and other prisoners on Imrali apply for a visit 

  The lawyers and families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners on Imrali applied to the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imrali Prison Directorate for a meeting with their relatives on Eid al-adha.
• Activists in Stockholm protest Turkish attacks against Northern and Eastern Syria  

  The killings of Qamishlo Canton co-chair Yusra Darwish, her deputy Leyman Shiwesh and Firat Tûma by a Turkish drone last Tuesday, were protested in Stockholm.
• Kurds in Copenhagen protest Turkey's attacks against Rojava 

  Kurds in Copenhagen took to the streets to protest the attacks and massacres carried out by the Turkish state.
• Female ISIS member sentenced to over nine years in prison in Germany 

  The Koblenz Higher Regional Court sentenced a German woman to more than nine years in prison for ISIS membership, crimes against humanity and aiding and abetting genocide. The ISIS member on trial held a Yazidi woman captive in Iraq with her husband.
• FEDA denounces Turkish attacks on Rojava, calls for struggle for peace against war 

  The Democratic Alevi Federation condemned the attacks of the Turkish state, saying that: “An attack on Rojava is an attack on all of us.”
• Yazidi Coordination calls for action to stop Turkish attacks against North-East Syria 

  The European Yazidi Community Coordination urges all influential countries and relevant international institutions to take responsibility and make efforts to prevent the deadly attacks by the Turkish state.
• Delegation from Creil takes over the ‘Freedom for Öcalan’ vigil in Strasbourg 

  The vigil in Strasbourg is a protest against the total isolation of Öcalan, which has been practised for two years as illegal "incommunicado" detention. There has been no sign of life from Abdullah Öcalan and his fellow prisoners for more than two years.