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• Amnesty International launches campaign for fair trial for Saman Naseem 

  Amnesty International has launched a campaign urging Iran’s Head of Judiciary to ensure that the authorities grant Saman Naseem a full and fair retrial according to international standards and without recourse to the death penalty.
• Two police officers found dead in Ceylanpınar 

  Governor of Urfa İzzettin Küçük stated that two policemen were found dead home in Ceylanpınar district of Urfa.
• YES and IUSY voice solidarity with Suruç and Kobanê 

  Young European Socialists (YES) and International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) have expressed solidarity with Kobanê and Suruç in the wake of yesterday's bloody bomb attack which left 32 people dead and over a hundred wounded.
• SYRIZA expresses solidarity with Turkish and Kurdish Left 

  SYRIZA expressed their horror and unspeakable sorrow for the barbaric bomb attack by fundamentalist islamists against dozens of members of the Federation of Socialist Youth Associations.
• ESP calls for ‘mass mobilization’ for the funerals of victims 

  Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) issued a statement on Suruç massacre and called on people to join the funerals to bid farewell in a spirit of mass mobilization.
• Party of European Socialists urges all parties to join forces to combat ISIS 

  “The fact that a group of socialist young people in Turkey have been massacred as they prepared to volunteer in Syria, is so abominable that it is beyond belief", said Sergei Stanishev, Party of European Socialists (PES).
• Suruç massacre to be protested in Kurdistan, Turkey and abroad 

  Today's massacre in Suruç district of Urfa, which targeted socialist youths on their way to Kobanê and left dozens of casualties, the number of which is yet to be confirmed, will be protested in North Kurdistan, Turkey and Europe.
• Socialist youths of Turkey on their way to Kobanê 

  Members of the Socialist Youth Associations Federation (SGDF), which has been leading the “We defended Kobanê together, we will build it together!” campaign, are on their way to the war-torn town of West Kurdistan, Rojava, to help reconstruction.
• 22-year-old YPG fighter treated in Ankara passes away 

  YPG (People's Defense Units) fighter Ferhat Koyuncu (Rojhat Agit) who was receiving treatment at Ankara Private Koru Hospital for three months has passed away late yesterday evening.
• KCK: Rojava Revolution is the first major revolution of the 21st century 

  KCK Executive Council Co-Presidency stated that Rojava was not only a Kurdistan revolution but also a revolution of the Middle East, and the first major one of the 21st century.
• HDK Co-Spokesperson Tuncel injured in traffic accident 

  HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) Co-Spokesperson Sebahat Tuncel had a traffic accident on her way back from the Kürecik Fest in Akçadağ district of Malatya.
• UK military personnel contribute to air strikes against ISIS 

  UK government announced that some UK military personnel took part in airstrikes over Syria while working for Coalition allies.
• People of Kobanê welcome Eid in cemeteries 

  People of Kobanê welcomed Ramadan Eid in cemeteries as they visited all fallen fighters of YPG and YPJ as well as the civilians who were massacred by ISIS gangs.
• Erdoğan and the government continue their anti-resolution statements 

  Turkish Vice Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan stated that they would focus on security policies as Dolmabahçe Agreement was not on their agenda and did not come up during their most recent meeting with HDP.
• HDP vows to play a more active role in politics 

  Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has decided to play a more active role in the political arena following the criticisms recently raised against the party for being inert in the post-election period.
• Kürkçü and Tuncel to visit Rojava border 

  HDK (Peoples' Democratic Congress) Co-Spokespersons Eruğrul Kürkçü and Sebahat Tuncel will join the delegation that will pay a visit to Rojava border upon a call by the Peace Bloc on 25-26 July.
• MIT suspected of involvement and instigation in Paris murders 

  Within the scope of the investigation into the murder of Sakine Cansız, Fidan Doğan and Leyla Şaylemez in Paris, the prosecutor's office in the French capital has requested the referral of the sole suspect, Ömer Güney, to a criminal court.
• HDP presents AKP with document on its demands for coalition talks 

  HDP met with the AKP committee as part of the coalition talks, and presented it with a document on the themes of Democracy, Justice and Peace.
• Police attack tent of condolence in Beytüşşebap 

  The tent set up for offering condolences to the fallen YPG fighter İsmail Ataman and HPG fighter Sadi Özek was attacked by police forces with armoured vehicles, damaging the tent and the materials inside beyond repair.
• HDP: Isolation of Öcalan must end immediately 

  HDP objected to the aggravated isolation of Abdullah Öcalan and stated that the process of resolution has been seriously damaged by the isolation on Mr. Öcalan since April 5, 2015 and the sacrifice of the process during election campaigns.
• Hotels in Antep a shelter for ISIS gangs 

  Hotels in province of Antep, which already became a transit route for the ISIS gangs, have turned into a shelter for the gang members who are coming to the city before crossing the border into Syria to join the savage organization.
• 16 years of isolation in İmralı 

  AKP banned Abdullah Öcalan from seeing his lawyers on November 3, 2002 for the first time. The last ban came after the end of Oslo meetings on July 27, 2011 and has continued for 4 years until today.
• Demirtaş: Process of resolution is at its most critical stage 

  HDP Co-President Selahattin Demirtaş stated that the process of resolution should restart at a level that is further than the one in which the negotiations stopped, and the Turkish state should change its stance on Abdullah Öcalan.
• Mutual ceasefire accord in Colombia 

  A mutual ceasefire accord has been made during the negotiations between the Colombian government and FARC-EP aiming to end the 50 years old civil war in Colombia.
• Civilians banned from entering the operation zone in Ardahan 

  After the Turkish military’s murder of 1 civilian and wounding of another 2, police are preventing civilians from entering the army’s operation zone.